constipate
verb
con·sti·pate
ˈkän(t)-stə-ˌpāt
constipated; constipating
1
: to cause constipation in
2
: to make immobile, inactive, or dull : stultify
so much clutter … will tend to constipate the novel's working order—The Times Literary Supplement (London)
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