clog something with something
collocation
to cause something to become blocked or filled with something so that movement or activity is difficult:
The streets around the square were clogged with demonstrators all trying to force their way through.
I had to change the filter as it had become clogged with dust.
Electronic waste will clog landfills with large quantities of hazardous materials such as lead and mercury.
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clogverb
The computer virus has been clogging inboxes with spam messages.
Day trippers clogged the roads with their pollution-producing cars.
The roads are clogged with holiday traffic.节假日期间，马路上堵满了车辆。
The canal was clogged with rubbish and smelled awful.
The legal system is clogged with a huge number of pending cases.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Closing and blocking
barricade
batten
batten down the hatchesidiom
be snowed upidiom
block something off
bung
choke
closing time
congest
cork
dam
dam something up
fur
sandbag
seal something in
seal something off
self-seal
self-sealing
silt
the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom
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