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Noun blockade has 2 senses
- blockade, encirclement - a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
--1 is a kind of military action, action
--1 has particulars:
- blockade - prevents access or progress
--2 is a kind of obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
Verb blockade has 4 senses
- obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
--1 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentences:
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- barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
--2 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- blockade, block off - obstruct access to
--3 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
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- blockade, seal off - impose a blockade on
--4 is one way to besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
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