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Synonyms for blockage

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineObjects

an obstruction in a pipe or tube

We had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

stop

Same sentence, swapped: We had to call a plumber to clear out the stop in the drainpipe.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for blockage as it is used in the sentence above.

tumbler
preventive
preventative

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Closest first: other objects words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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