Obturating

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That stops or plugs up; used in closing or stopping up: specifically applied to a primer for exploding the charge of powder in a cannon, and at the same time closing the vent, thus preventing the rush of gas through it in firing.
    • Word Usage
    "When you called a "mortar bomb rubber ring" an "obturating ring" ..."
    Verb Form
    obturated    obturates    obturating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    impede    hinder   
    Hyponym
    stop    suffocate    block up    block    clog   
    Form
    obturated    obturating   
     
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