Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To close or obstruct.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To occlude, stop, or shut; effect obturation in.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Ordnance) To stop or close, as an opening
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb block passage through
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin obtūrāre, obtūrāt-; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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Examples
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When the bullet is fired, it expands and fills the obturate (drilled hole in the barrel core material) more evenly.
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When the bullet is fired, it expands and fills the obturate (drilled hole in the barrel core material) more evenly.
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On the other far-away, if your target is to be an artist, there is nothing obturate ignore to attending craft school.
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