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Synonyms for blockade
blɒˈkeɪdblock·ade

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. blockadeverb

    Synonyms:
    close (as ports, so as to prevent egress or ingress), block, shut up, stop up

  2. blockadenoun

    Synonyms:
    closure (as of a port), shutting up, blocking up

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. blockade

    Synonyms:
    See Block, Neuromuscular blockade

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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. Jim Ritterbusch:

    We view a blockade on Venezuelan imports as low probability and a last resort measure that is likely weeks if not months away should it materialize, the evolving situation in Venezuela appears capable of delaying our expected test of $50 support.

  3. Mirolyub Stolarski:

    Obviously, we have to close the borders and show that there is no border between Bulgaria and Greece, and when they see that their blockade is not important, then they may realize that this is not the way to tie Bulgarian road carriers or Bulgarian citizens’ hands ...

  4. Vladimir Putin:

    I congratulate all of you on the completion of building this energy bridge which has tied Crimea to Russia, we managed to break through the energy blockade of Crimea within a brief period of time, and we will likewise do away with any other blockade against Russia, should someone wish to test us again.

  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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