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Blockade   /blˌɑkˈeɪd/   Listen
Blockade

noun
1.
A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.  Synonym: encirclement.
2.
Prevents access or progress.
verb
(past & past part. blockaded; pres. part. blockading)
1.
Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.  Synonyms: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy.
2.
Render unsuitable for passage.  Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop.  "Barricade the streets" , "Stop the busy road"
3.
Obstruct access to.  Synonym: block off.
4.
Impose a blockade on.  Synonym: seal off.



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"Blockade" Quotes from Famous Books



... The Ocean Rovers. The Bushrangers. Lewey and I. On Land and Sea. Running the Blockade. The Belle of Australia. A Goldhunter's Adventures. A Manila Romance. A Slaver's Adventures. A Whaleman's Adventures. ...
— The Colossus - A Novel • Opie Read
... through together but getting wedged by their fat sides; while those who had been set free after them came close on their heels, pushing, clashing their horns, butting and bellowing,—until suddenly, the blockade being broken, out ...
— Lisbeth Longfrock • Hans Aanrud
... the gateway that led to her dovecot. It was a bitter moment to Miss Phoebe and Miss Candace and Miss Hesba, when they had their locks of hair grimly handed back to them by Miss Gibbs in the presence of the whole school. Girls whose locks of hair had run the blockade in safety were particularly severe on the offenders. But it didn't stop other notes and other tresses, and I would like to know what can stop them while ...
— The Story of a Bad Boy • Thomas Bailey Aldrich
... of the tide were thrown high and dry upon the sands, and remained in this frightful condition for eight days before the returning waters drifted them off. But the Hero was a staunch craft—an iron blockade-runner, built at Glasgow during our late war. She was of twelve hundred tons burden, manned by forty-two men, and had already weathered storms and dangers enough to earn a right to the name she bore. Right nobly she fulfilled her dangerous ...
— Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, April 1875, Vol. XV., No. 88 • Various
... called a council of war to decide whether to proceed or retreat. Four generals voted to attack Montreal and two were reluctant but could see "no other alternative." Wilkinson then became ill and was unable to leave his boat or to give orders. Several British gunboats evaded Chauncey's blockade and annoyed the rear of the expedition. Eight hundred British infantry from Kingston followed along shore and peppered the boats with musketry and canister wherever the river narrowed. Finally it became necessary for the Americans to land a force ...
— The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 - The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 • Ralph D. Paine


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