Antonyms for blockade
blɒˈkeɪdblock·ade

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1. blockade, encirclementnoun

   a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy

   Synonyms:
   encirclement

2. blockadeverb

   prevents access or progress

   Synonyms:
   encirclement

3. obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrassverb

   hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

   "His brother blocked him at every turn"

   Synonyms:
   block up, lug, immobilize, seal off, obturate, handicap, jam, block off, close up, blank out, freeze, abash, obstruct, deflect, parry, embarrass, kibosh, draw a blank, hamper, hinder, impede, block, forget, stop, stuff, stymy, immobilise, bar, occlude, barricade, halt, choke up, stymie

4. barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, barverb

   render unsuitable for passage

   "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"

   Synonyms:
   debar, block up, banish, lug, cease, immobilize, seal off, relegate, obturate, hold on, give up, jam, arrest, block off, close up, end, blank out, freeze, finish, obstruct, terminate, deflect, parry, embarrass, hold back, kibosh, lay off, draw a blank, stop over, hinder, break, impede, block, shut off, forget, exclude, stop, stuff, stymy, break off, turn back, immobilise, bar, occlude, barricade, discontinue, halt, contain, close off, barricado, choke up, intercept, stymie, quit, check

5. blockade, block offverb

   obstruct access to

   Synonyms:
   stop, stymy, bar, embarrass, stymie, barricade, shut off, seal off, block up, block off, hinder, block, obstruct, close off

6. blockade, seal offverb

   impose a blockade on

   Synonyms:
   stop, stymy, seal, bar, embarrass, stymie, barricade, seal off, block up, block off, hinder, block, obstruct

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blockade

   Synonyms:
   See Block, Neuromuscular blockade
   

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1. culture exchange

   Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  

How to use blockade in a sentence?

1. Jamie Raskin:

   We're going to move to the public phase of the investigation because America needs to hear from these witnesses themselves, the president is actively obstructing our investigation by trying to blockade the witnesses. That in itself becomes evidence of obstruction.

2. Joey Allaham:

   When the blockade happened they (Qatar) had no presence on the Hill.

3. Prime Minister Manuel Valls:

   There is a real danger, especially when the blockade is not resilient enough to hold back a political group that does not espouse our democracy's core values.

4. President Raul Castro:

   Now, a long and complex process begins toward the normalization of relations that will only be achieved with the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade.

5. David Anber:

   There was no – there was never a blockade in Ottawa. The word 'blockade' is a charged word, at the border, in other places in Canada, there were things that could be legitimately characterized as a blockade. They were preventing supply chain and movement of people and goods. The protests in Ottawa, for the most part, every road that was jammed up with trucks left a lane of traffic to allow emergency vehicles and other people to navigate the city.

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