Dictionary entry

Unblock

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈblɒk/

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈblɒk/

Myanmar Meaning

အတားအဆီးအပိတ်အဆို့ကို ဖယ်ရှားသည်။

Definition

unblock / ʌn'blɒk / v ရွင္းသည္။ ဖယ္ရွားသည္။ unblock a drain.

Examples

  1. ‘Engineers are currently wading through storerooms and unblocking sewers in a bid to make the ‘dungeon’
  2. as it has been dubbed by airport employees
  3. fit for business by the end of 2006.’
  4. ‘This is to be distinguished from typical plumbing such as a household having to have a drain unblocked or a hot water pipe mended.’
  5. ‘University lecturers find themselves earning less than the people who unblock their sewers and fix their cars.’
  6. ‘Tonight Eton and I fumigated his apartment
  7. and unblocked the bathroom drain.’
  8. ‘His health nightmares began when a German surgeon bungled a routine operation to unblock his arteries eight years ago.’
  9. ‘Other procedures to unblock the bile ducts are called ERCP and PTC - they involve widening the bile duct and inserting a tube to drain the blocked fluids.’
  10. ‘This week council contractors were due to start work to unblock the pipe so surface water can run down to the river without businesses in the industrial estate getting flooded during heavy downpours.’
  11. ‘A modified magnetic scan can tell patients whether cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are actually unblocking their clogged arteries.’
  12. ‘They could also lobby Bradford Council to ensure gullies are cleared and drains unblocked.’
  13. ‘Based on your results
  14. your doctor may decide
  15. for instance
  16. that you would benefit from having coronary angioplasty to help unblock clogged arteries.’
  17. ‘Based on the research
  18. Simons cautions against using angiogenic drugs to unblock arteries in certain heart conditions.’
  19. ‘Engineers have already had one attempt at unblocking the sewer
  20. but their jet-spray equipment was not powerful enough to reach the blockage.’
  21. ‘Once the renal arteries are unblocked and blood flow to the kidneys improves
  22. blood pressure usually returns to normal.’
  23. ‘The money could have been spent on the green or unblocking the drains or on the paths.’
  24. ‘The drug
  25. Paclitaxel
  26. is meant to prevent restenosis
  27. the narrowing of the arterial walls after a stent is inserted to unblock an artery.’
  28. ‘The company will either unblock the pipe or
  29. in a worst-case scenario
  30. replace it all together - this can sometimes involve digging up the street.’
  31. ‘Buffalo City Municipality reported that the only clean-up operation was to unblock storm drains.’
  32. ‘Sadly for patients with stroke
  33. the heart attack doctors are not just in the lead
  34. they are out of sight evaluating and now establishing intra-arterial chemical and physical approaches to unblocking the pipes fast.’
  35. ‘The group has also undertaken several tasks of opportunity
  36. like repairing bridges and water mains
  37. unblocking sewers
  38. fixing vehicles and building a school playground.’
  39. ‘They must be reapplied frequently (ie
  40. three to four times per day) because excessive sweating unblocks the ducts.’