SPILED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

spiled

verb

past tense of spile

as in stoppered

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Remove the faucet and see if the valve is clogged with mineral deposits or needs to be replaced.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026
The sheer volume of sea life clogged the filter drums that clear incoming ocean water.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of clogged

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One theory is that the rock and ice briefly dammed the valley, allowing water to back up in the river.

— Umesh Haritashya, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2026
Rescue efforts were still ramping up Friday when a swollen glacial lake in the mountains upstream from the affected area, dammed up by debris and filling with meltwater, raised concerns of a possible new inundation looming.

— Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of dammed

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Back in 2015, Parton and her team buried a chestnut box filled with physical copies of a brand new song in two formats, cassette and CD, along with their corresponding players, under her Dollywood DreamMore Resort and Spa.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
From large platters just begging to be filled with hors d’oeuvres to trays made for serving batch cocktails, our picks for the best platters are well-crafted and meant for regular (if not daily) use.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of filled

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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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While crude oil can be carried via pipeline–perhaps from oil producers in the Persian Gulf to ports on the western side of the Arabian Peninsula–gas can’t, meaning there are no alternative routes to get LNG to Asia if Hormuz is blocked.

— Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Officials are still investigating the exact cause, though preliminary assessments suggest an ice avalanche may have blocked a river upstream in Tibet, triggering the sudden outburst flood.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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