What is another word for blockade?
Synonyms for blockade
blɒˈkeɪdblock·ade
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Princeton's WordNet
blockade, encirclementnoun
a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
Synonyms:
encirclementblockadeverb
prevents access or progress
Synonyms:
encirclementobstruct, 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, stymiebarricade, 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, checkblockade, block offverb
obstruct access to
Synonyms:
stop, stymy, bar, embarrass, stymie, barricade, shut off, seal off, block up, block off, hinder, block, obstruct, close offblockade, seal offverb
impose a blockade on
Synonyms:
stop, stymy, seal, bar, embarrass, stymie, barricade, seal off, block up, block off, hinder, block, obstruct
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
blockadeverb
Synonyms:
close (as ports, so as to prevent egress or ingress), block, shut up, stop upblockadenoun
Synonyms:
closure (as of a port), shutting up, blocking up
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
blockade
Synonyms:
See Block, Neuromuscular blockade
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#272 | check | |
#317 | end | |
#992 | stuff | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1042 | bar | |
#1618 | break | |
#1662 | block | |
#2674 | finish | |
#2700 | contain | |
#3063 | forget | |
#3411 | lock | |
#4290 | seal | |
#5259 | jam | |
#6027 | quit | |
#6377 | exclude | |
#6578 | dam | |
#7169 | closure | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#8905 | blocking | |
#9443 | freeze | |
#9518 | locking | |
#10518 | terminate | |
#11444 | cease | |
#12951 | handicap | |
#13959 | halt | |
#15306 | siege | |
#16475 | lug | |
#16510 | bloc | |
#19862 | intercept | |
#21866 | parry | |
#22808 | discontinue | |
#22854 | hinder | |
#23611 | hamper | |
#24555 | embargo | |
#26047 | lockout | |
#26805 | blockade | |
#28830 | deadlock | |
#29400 | impede | |
#37894 | blockage | |
#39730 | obstruct | |
#43279 | barricade | |
#43520 | embarrass | |
#44754 | deflect | |
#49451 | gating | |
#50354 | lockup | |
#50455 | banish | |
#69872 | stymie | |
#109510 | relegate | |
#114979 | immobilize | |
#145048 | debar | |
#151913 | besieging | |
#159370 | blockading | |
#174444 | encirclement | |
#205593 | occlude | |
#229254 | kibosh | |
#299175 | immobilise |
How to use blockade in a sentence?
We maintained production throughout the blockade. We are well organized to withstand these types of illegal blockades, there are always impacts, but our production forecasts have not changed.
Despite requests for peaceful negotiations, student protesters tried to penetrate the police blockade and the police were legally obligated to disperse them.
The recent admission by the Department of Defense that The United States companies are still authorized to maintain Saudi warplanes, means that our government is still enabling offensive Saudi operations in Yemen, including bombings and enforcing an inhumane blockade on Yemen's ports, the administration must use its existing authority to block The United States civilian contractors from aiding the Saudi war effort, before more Yemenis are plunged into famine.
India wants to annex Nepal's Tarai region. The blockade is a tool that India is using to pressurize Nepal in making the changes in the constitution for India's longer-term political benefits.
We hope this ceasefire brings a complete end to the Saudi aggression on Yemen. The international community must also push that the ceasefire comes along with lifting the air, water and land blockade on Yemen.
Translations for blockade
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- حصارArabic
- блокирам, блокадаBulgarian
- blokádaCzech
- BlockadeGerman
- blokadoEsperanto
- bloqueoSpanish
- saartaa, saartoFinnish
- blocusFrench
- blokád, ostromzárHungarian
- շրջափակում, շրջափակելArmenian
- bloccoItalian
- ה� סגֵרHebrew
- 遮断, 封鎖Japanese
- кама, блокада, камооKyrgyz
- blokkadeDutch
- blokada, blokowaćPolish
- bloqueioPortuguese
- блокировать, блокадаRussian
- spärra, blockad, blockeraSwedish
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