Synonyms 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

Matched Categories

1. • Military
   • Military Action
   • Prevent

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "blockade":

   embargo, lock-up, siege, lock, locking, blocking, blockage, deadlock, block, closure, bloc, dam, blockading, lockup, gating, lockout, besieging

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. Nicolas Maduro:

   We have to move forward with investments, with wealth creation, with new partnerships. The anti-blockade law allows all that. Let’s do it in this new phase.

2. 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 ...

3. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez:

   The pace of the process toward normalization of relations between the Cuba and the United States will depend on the lifting of the blockade.

4. Alessio Patalano:

   The official announcement( of the blockade) refers to just a few days, which would make it hard to qualify it on practical terms to a blockade, blockades are hard to execute and long to implement. This exercise is not that.

5. Coastal GasLink President David Pfeiffer:

   This is not the outcome we wanted. We have made exceptional efforts to resolve this blockade through engagement and dialogue.