An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
OBTURATE
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
(verb) block passage through; “obstruct the path”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
obturate (third-person singular simple present obturates, present participle obturating, simple past and past participle obturated)
To block up or obstruct.
To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when firing.
Anagrams
• tabouret
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"tu*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obturating.] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.]
Definition: To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance),
Definition: to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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