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Adjective: blockaded  bló'key-did
  1. Preventing entry, exit or a course of action
    "the blockaded harbour";
    - barricaded, barred
Verb: blockade  bló'keyd
  1. Impose a blockade on
    "The navy blockaded the port";
    - seal off
     
  2. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
    "His brother blockaded him at every turn";
    - obstruct, block, hinder, stymie, stymy [rare], embarrass [archaic]
     
  3. Render unsuitable for passage
    "blockade the streets";
    - barricade, block, stop, block off, block up, bar
     
  4. Obstruct access to
    "Protesters blockaded the entrance to the building";
    - block off

See also: obstructed

Type of: beleaguer, besiege, block, circumvent, close up, forbid, foreclose, forestall, hem in, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude, preclude, prevent, siege, surround

Encyclopedia: Blockaded

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