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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  obturate
       v : block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
            impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant: free]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  obturate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: obturar)
     vb.
     1 To block up or obstruct.
     2 # To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when
  firing.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  obturate
     vb.
     1 To block up or obstruct.
     2 # To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when
  firing.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  obturate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: obturar)
     vb.
     1 To block up or obstruct.
     2 # To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when
  firing.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  obturate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: obturar)
     vb.
     1 To block up or obstruct.
     2 # To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when
  firing.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  obturate /ɒbtʃəɹˈeɪt/ 
  ucpat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  obturate /ɒbtʃəɹˈeɪt/ 
  zacpat

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  v. 闭塞,封闭,密闭;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     vt. 闭塞,封闭,密闭

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