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blockade
[ blo-keyd ]
noun
- the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- any obstruction of passage or progress:
We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards.
- Pathology. interruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse or a heart muscle–contraction impulse.
verb (used with object)
- to subject to a blockade.
blockade
/ ɒˈɪ /
noun
- military the interdiction of a nation's sea lines of communications, esp of an individual port by the use of sea power
- something that prevents access or progress
- med the inhibition of the effect of a hormone or a drug, a transport system, or the action of a nerve by a drug
verb
- to impose a blockade on
- to obstruct the way to
Derived Forms
- dzˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- dz·İ noun
- dzܲt·dz· noun verb counterblockaded counterblockading
- ԴDzbdz·Ļ adjective
- bdz· noun verb (used with object) preblockaded preblockading
- bdz· adjective
- ܲbdz·Ļ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of blockade1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For six weeks, no aid has entered Gaza because of the ongoing Israeli blockade.
Human rights groups argue that Israel is using the aid blockade as a form of collective punishment and as political leverage in hostage release negotiations.
At 14:20, protesters finally broke through the police blockade and reached the road running alongside parliament.
Israel imposed a complete blockade on Gaza in early March and resumed air and ground attacks later in the month.
In daily video updates, they offer emotional condemnations of the Palestinian deaths attributed to Israel’s continued airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, and a seven-week-old blockade that has depleted food stocks in the region.
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