blockade
the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
any obstruction of passage or progress: We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards.
Pathology. interruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse or a heart muscle–contraction impulse.
to subject to a blockade.
Origin of blockade
1synonym study For blockade
Other words from blockade
- block·ad·er, noun
- coun·ter·block·ade, noun, verb, coun·ter·block·ad·ed, coun·ter·block·ad·ing.
- non·block·ad·ed, adjective
- pre·block·ade, noun, verb (used with object), pre·block·ad·ed, pre·block·ad·ing.
- pro·block·ade, adjective
- un·block·ad·ed, adjective
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How to use blockade in a sentence
“If Donetsk is blockaded the humanitarian situation will be 10 times worse than in Slavyansk,” he continues.
Ukraine’s Pro-Putin Rebels Prepare for a Last Stand | David Patrikarakos | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe snap referendum was held two weeks after Russian forces seized the peninsula and blockaded Ukrainian soldiers in their bases.
Ukraine Expects U.S. Military Help If War With Russia Starts | Jamie Dettmer | March 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA generation of young Palestinians is trapped in the blockaded strip, with little hope for the future.
The United States and Britain were at war with Germany and Japan and blockaded them.
The rescue mission saved the city when the Russians blockaded road and rail connections, trying to starve the population.
Their unsold cargoes on the way in steamers when Manila was blockaded came in for enormously advanced prices.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanA traveler coming, wet and cold, into a country ale-house on the coast of Kent, found the fire completely blockaded.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousIt is known that, for two months, I blockaded Bastia with a squadron; only fifty sacks of flour got into the town.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) MahanThe Swedes and their allies occupied Nuremberg, while the imperialists fortified a great camp and blockaded the city.
This bay being in possession of the allies, Nice could be completely blockaded by sea.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson | Robert Southey
British Dictionary definitions for blockade
/ (blɒˈkeɪd) /
military the interdiction of a nation's sea lines of communications, esp of an individual port by the use of sea power
something that prevents access or progress
med the inhibition of the effect of a hormone or a drug, a transport system, or the action of a nerve by a drug
to impose a blockade on
to obstruct the way to
Origin of blockade
1Derived forms of blockade
- blockader, noun
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