Found 2 items, similar to obturate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: obturate obturate v : block passage through; “obstruct the path” [syn: obstruct, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant: free]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Obturate Obturate \Ob"tu*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obturating.] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.] To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance), to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]