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vapor lock

/'veɪpər_lɑk/

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noun
a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
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vapour lock

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block blockage closure occlusion stop stoppage

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