Associations to the word «Obturation»

Wiktionary

OBTURATION, noun. The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening.
OBTURATION, noun. (firearms) The process of a bullet expanding under pressure to fit the bore of the firearm, or a cartridge case expanding under pressure to seal the chamber.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis