Blocker
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A blocker is someone or something that blocks.
Blocker can also refer to:
Surname
Medicine
- Receptor antagonists, such as an alpha blockers or beta blockers, that block molecular attachment
- Alpha blockers, a class of vasoactive drugs
- Angiotensin II receptor antagonists, a class of vasoactive drugs
- Beta blockers, a class of vasoactive drugs
- Channel blockers, blockers that block ion channels
Optics
- The inverse of a filter (optics). Instead of blocking everything except target color(s) like a filter does, a blocker lets everything else pass and blocks only the color(s) specified
Corporations
Sports
- Blocker (ice hockey)
- The nickname of Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer
- Blocker (cricket), slang for a defensive-minded batsman in cricket
- Blocker, is a position in roller derby
Fiction
- Blocker (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe