Synonyms for blocking
block·ing

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1. blocking, blocknoun

   the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

   Synonyms:
   stop, block, closure, city block, mental block, pulley-block, stoppage, occlusion, auction block, cube, cylinder block, pulley block, blockage, engine block, pulley

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1. • Obstruction

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1. List of paraphrases for "blocking":

   locking, lock, blockade, block, lock-up, blockage, gating, embargo, deadlock, impeding, obstructing, lockout, blockading, hindering, freezing, latching, bloc

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1. Joe Biden:

   I support changing the Senate rules, whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking actions on voting rights.

2. Abraham Myerson:

   Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.

3. Stephen Vladeck:

   Even if these lawsuits can't get all the way to the end to blocking this on a statewide level, there's still value, even if( abortion providers) can't get all the relief that they need, there's value in getting more relief than none.

4. Erik Pevernagie:

   Some day we feel the overall picture has slipped away. Only the details of life may help to find the whole ensemble. Our worldview does not comprehend the daily events anymore. Our conception of life is no longer a key for understanding, but is, on the contrary, blocking off our insight. We can, however, create space and time for an uplifting reflection and acquire an "Identity". ("Man without Qualities" )

5. David Cheesewright:

   A lot of the stuff in Brazil is just the basic stuff: do people properly clock out for their lunch breaks, do you manage overtime correctly, do they have the right breaks between shifts? it's a lot of basic blocking and tackling.