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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to congest, such as: choke, overburden, overcrowd, block, crowd, and dam.
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The authors describe how, in the late 19th century, the streets of fast-industrializing cities were congested with horses, each pulling a cart or a coach, one after the other, in some places three abreast.
DID CARS RESCUE OUR CITIES FROM HORSES? - ISSUE 108: CHANGEBRANDON KEIMNOVEMBER 10, 2021NAUTILUSWhen she was on the sidewalk, some of the already narrow walkways were congested with large signs.
OUTDOOR DINING REOPENED RESTAURANTS FOR ALL — BUT ADDED TO BARRIERS FOR DISABLEDBRITTANY MAYES, MARIA DEL CARMEN AGUILAR VELEZJULY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHowever, utilization of these resources is kind of skewed towards very few major roads that end up being congested in the peak hours.
USING MACHINE LEARNING TO BUILD MAPS THAT GIVE SMARTER DRIVING ADVICEMIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW INSIGHTSJUNE 23, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThe volume you can achieve per pound spent can be attractive, especially given it’s not as congested with other advertisers as other apps.
‘NOT A PLACE FOR TAKEOVERS’: PEPSI AMPS UP TRILLER MARKETING PLANSSEB JOSEPHJANUARY 12, 2021DIGIDAYAs a result, many retailers and grocers have been attempting to stockpile supplies in advance of January 1 and the road approaches to the Channel crossings have already been congested for weeks due to the additional truck traffic.
THE U.K. IS FACING A CHRISTMAS FOOD CRISIS, AS FRANCE CLOSES BORDER TO TRUCKS OVER MUTANT COVID-19 STRAINJEREMY KAHNDECEMBER 21, 2020FORTUNEThe contents of a hundred Primers rose higgledy-piggledy, to congest his mind and memory.
THE PROMISE OF AIRALGERNON BLACKWOODThe keen night air had seemed for the moment fairly to congest her lungs and render her speechless and breathless.
RUTH FIELDING IN MOVING PICTURESALICE EMERSONAlcohol will sometimes congest the brain of an adult under the most trying and discouraging circumstances.
REMARKSBILL NYEIt is an easy thing to have printed congealed for that word, and congest occurs in A Lover's Complaint.
NOTES & QUERIES, NO. 4, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1849VARIOUSHis case, with such phrases as "Supportlessly congest" well to the fore, was good.
THE LIFE OF FRANCIS THOMPSONEVERARD MEYNELLWORDS RELATED TO CONGEST
- arrest
- bar
- barricade
- block out
- blockade
- brake
- catch
- charge
- check
- choke
- clog
- close
- close off
- close out
- congest
- cut off
- dam
- dead-end
- deter
- fill
- halt
- hang up
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- intercept
- interfere with
- occlude
- plug
- prevent
- shut off
- shut out
- stall
- stonewall
- stop
- stop up
- stopper
- stymie
- tackle
- take out of play
- thwart
- accumulate
- agglomerate
- aggregate
- amass
- assemble
- bunch
- center
- centralize
- cluster
- coalesce
- collect
- combine
- compact
- compress
- congest
- conglomerate
- congregate
- consolidate
- constrict
- contract
- converge
- cramp
- crowd
- draw together
- eliminate
- embody
- focalize
- focus
- forgather
- garner
- get to the meat
- heap
- heap up
- hoard
- huddle
- integrate
- intensify
- localize
- mass
- muster
- narrow
- pile
- reduce
- salt away
- store
- strengthen
- swarm
- unify
- zero in
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