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. Julia Bryan:

   Everyone is very nervous and apprehensive about making sure their ballots get back. I think it raises the level of stress. Voting from abroad requires forms that you fill in, et cetera, and sometimes it can feel like a natural blockade.

2. Adriana Valdivia:

   I can't see a way out to help Cubans live better, salaries are the same and don't make ends meet, and now Trump is tightening the screws with the blockade, imagine that.

3. Joey Allaham:

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

4. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

   We call for the lifting of the (U.S.) trade and financial blockade of Cuba as soon as possible.

5. Jason Kenney:

   This kind of conduct is totally unacceptable, assaulting law enforcement officers who are simply doing their job to maintain public safety and the rule of law is completely unacceptable and without hesitation I condemn those actions, and I call for calm amongst anybody who feels sympathetic to those engaged in this blockade, please stay away from the area, please do not further intensify an already difficult situation.

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