Usually means: Block or close up passage.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word obturate:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. obturate: Merriam-Webster
  2. obturate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. obturate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. obturate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. obturate: Vocabulary.com
  6. obturate: Wordnik
  7. obturate: Wiktionary
  8. obturate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. obturate: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Obturate, obturate: Dictionary.com
  11. Obturate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. obturate: Rhymezone
  13. obturate: FreeDictionary.org
  14. obturate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. obturate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. obturate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obturate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obturate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. obturate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. obturate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obturate: A Word A Day

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Explosives (No longer online)

(Note: See obturation as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (obturate)

verb:  To block up or obstruct.
verb:  To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when firing.

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