Blockade - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|blɑːˈkeɪd|
Brit.
|blɒˈkeɪd|
noun
- a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy (syn: encirclement)
- prevents access or progress
- prevents access or progress
verb
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of (syn: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy)
- render unsuitable for passage (syn: bar, barricade, block, stop)
- obstruct access to
- impose a blockade on
- render unsuitable for passage (syn: bar, barricade, block, stop)
- obstruct access to
- impose a blockade on
Extra examples
They blockaded the country's ports.
...the militant protestors blockaded the whole area around city hall...
...it was the blockade of all the enemy's major ports that finally won the war...
They've imposed an economic blockade on the country.
Angry farmers used tractors as blockades on the streets.
The ships blockaded the port.
He was obliged to convert the siege into a blockade.
The U-boat outran the blockade.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: blockade
he/she/it: blockades
present participle: blockading
past tense: blockaded
past participle: blockaded
I/you/we/they: blockade
he/she/it: blockades
present participle: blockading
past tense: blockaded
past participle: blockaded
noun
singular: blockade
plural: blockades
singular: blockade
plural: blockades
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