block out
block
blɑ:k
blaak
out
aƊt
awt
/blˈɒk ˈaʊt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "block out"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to block out
[phrase form: block]
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āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stop something from proceeding by creating a barrier
to block out definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Installing a robust antivirus program can block malware out.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāχāϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āχāύāĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create a barrier that prevents light or noise from reaching a specific space
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They installed a privacy fence to block out views of the backyard from the neighbors.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ ā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to intentionally avoid thinking about something unpleasant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engaging in a favorite activity can block out feelings of loneliness.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrange the placement of songs or elements in a theatrical production
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The production team worked to block the songs out for optimal audience engagement.
āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻļāύ āϟāĻŋāĻŽ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻž āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–āϏāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ āφāρāĻ•āĻž

to draw a basic visual representation of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In architecture, it 's common to begin by blocking out the basic structure of a building.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āφāωāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĨ¤
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