occlude

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Posner thought that the FDA might or might not agree with Schering's argument that the defendants 'labels "occlude, in the mind of the consumer, the existence of its over-the-counter version of the drug."

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  1. transitive verb To cause to become closed; obstruct: occlude an artery.
  2. transitive verb To prevent the passage of: occlude light; occlude the flow of blood.
  3. transitive verb Chemistry To absorb or adsorb and retain (a substance).
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  • They "not only ratchet up tensions, but occlude facts and destroy all prospects of serious and objective investigations into the Mumbai attacks," the ministry said in a statement. —  Home - BostonHerald.com
  • The statement went on to say that "it will not only ratchet up tensions but occlude facts and destroy all prospects of serious and objective investigations into the Mumbai attacks." —  The Hindu - Front Page
  • Some of lipstick components occlude the skin pores. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Thus, drawing operations at lower levels can occlude drawing operations at higher levels, and drawing operations on the right of a level can occlude drawing operations at the left of —  Planet Haskell
  • It's fine for looking for systems where we are looking into their ecliptic, or side on, where the prospective planets will partially occlude their parent star, but what about looking for systems where the planets don't pass in front of their parent star? —  New Scientist - Space
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  1. Latin occlūdere : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + claudere, to close.

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  1. from Latin occludere (later F. occlure), shut up, close up, from ob, before, + claudere, shut, close: see close, and cf. conclude, exclude, include, etc.
 

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