stoppered

verb

past tense of stopper
1
as in corked

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2
as in sealed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoppered
  1. occluded
  2. sealed
  3. plugged
  4. fastened
  5. latched
  6. chained
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  • The administration of antibiotics would trigger a second pathogen that had been occluded inside the first.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • Instead, the missing silver may have been right there, in the sun all along, simply occluded from astronomers' view by tricks of physics.
    — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of occluded
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  • State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab.
    — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of sealed
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  • Also mentioned around the time of the Remix reveal was an imminent update to the standalone base Polymega unit, which doesn’t need a PC t0 run and can be plugged directly into a TV or monitor via HDMI.
    — Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • What a new staff means for Benton The previous coaching staff immediately plugged Benton in as a nose tackle in the base defense and was reluctant to move him.
    — Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of plugged
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  • Koko is watching for cops and keeping an eye on the numbers flashing on a small, homemade device fastened to his windshield.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
  • With his snug corset and unsubtle make-up and minuscule shorts to which are fastened fishnet stockings, Curry’s kooky scientist with a penchant for brewing male lovers in his lab is one of pop-culture’s unlikely icons.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of fastened
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  • So, both populations of ribosomes latched onto the messenger RNA but used different populations of transfer RNAs to make a protein using the messenger.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In the absence of stronger signals, the model had latched onto it.
    — Lauren Livak Gilbert, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of latched
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  • The agents chained together a series of vulnerabilities to reach the open web and eventually gained access to Hugging Face.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • During the protest, participants wore wedding dresses, duct-taped their mouths and chained their wrists on the Capitol steps to call on lawmakers to pass the measure.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of chained
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“Stoppered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoppered. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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