blocked
/blɑkt/ adjective B1- Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded. · This road is blocked, so we must find another route.· Call a plumber to unclog the blocked drain.
- Unable to move owing to an obstruction. · The argument was over a blocked car in a driveway.
- Banned or barred from connecting or logging on. · Blocked users will be unable to access their accounts indefinitely.· The phone will reject calls from blocked numbers.
- Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions. · All of this user's accounts are now blocked.
- With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.
From the library
The roadway was blocked with the immense stream of commerce flowing in a double tide inward and outward, while the footpaths were black with the hurrying swarm of pedestrians.
My evidence showed that the door had been fastened upon the inner side, and the windows were blocked by old-fashioned shutters with broad iron bars, which were secured every night.
The moonlight was blocked out of the mouth of the cave, for Shere Khan’s great square head and shoulders were thrust into the entrance.
The domed roof had half fallen in and blocked up the underground passage from the palace by which the queens used to enter.
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