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verb
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
"Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
jam
block
block passage through
"obstruct the path"
obstruct
obturate
impede
occlude
jam
block
close up
crowd or pack to capacity
"the theater was jampacked"
jam
jampack
ram
chock up
cram
wad
crush or bruise
"jam a toe"
jam
crush
get stuck and immobilized
"the mechanism jammed"
jam
press tightly together or cram
"The crowd packed the auditorium"
throng
mob
pack
pile
jam
push down forcibly
"The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"
jam
noun
a dense crowd of people
crush
jam
press
deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
jamming
electronic jamming
jam
informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
fix
hole
jam
mess
muddle
pickle
kettle of fish
preserve of crushed fruit
jam
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