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Block

A segment of a town or city surrounded by streets and avenues on at least three sides and usually occupied by buildings, though it may be composed solely of vacant lots. The section of a city enclosed by streets that is described by a map which indicates how a portion of land will be subdivided.

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verb arrest, avert, ban, bar, barricade, blockade, bridle, check, choke, clog, close, cohibit, constrict, cramp, curb, dam, debar, delay, encumber, estop, exclude, fend off, forbid, foreclose, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hobble, intercept, interdict, interfere with, jam, leave out, limit, obstruct, occlude, oppose, parry, plug up, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, repulse, restrain, restrict, retard, shut off, shut up, snag, stall, stand in the way, stay, stem, stop, stop up, thwart, trammel, wall up

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Because the blocking schemes are limited, linemen get more repetitions and become more execution proficient at a faster pace.

Boots, shovels & reverses: complements of the counter-trey

Preliminary results of research conducted by the Online Policy Group and Electronic Frontier Foundation found that schools that implement Internet blocking software with the least restrictive settings will block up to 5 percent of search results based on state-mandated curriculum topics.

ACLU suit challenges internet blocking programs. [American Civil Liberties Union].

Some state and local governments have arranged with telephone companies to provide call blocking features only for government lines.

Caller ID: maintaining investigative security

Blocking spam with stronger proprietary email filters is only one component of AOL's ongoing, continuing fight against junk email and spammers.

America Online Now Blocks over 2.3 Billion Spam Emails in One Day on Behalf of Members

Blocking may be the easiest skill to teach and may require the most common sense of them all.

The art of blocking: raise the "roof" on the opposition

A good example of this is a playside tackle blocking down on a defensive lineman aligned head-up or on the outside shoulder of the guard.

The Power Pitch: an outside play with muscle

These consumer groups will inform their constituencies of the Caller ID availability, and will specifically inform them of their blocking options.

Caller ID Education Begins $34 million effort designed to explain number passage, "blocking" options

The Stretch from 2-backs permits us to get the additional back involved at the POA without adjusting any blocking assignments.

Stretching the defense from a Multiple I. (Football)

Coaches can make up a sheet consisting of four or five diagrams of the punt formation for use as a scouting report on the punt return and blocking (Diag.

A simple recipe: For your special punt return and block team. (Football)

Once they become efficient at this, we will key the entire blocking scheme, as long as it does not slow down the LB by making him think too much.