Synonyms for blockade
blɒˈkeɪdblock·ade

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blockade, encirclementnoun

   a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy

   Synonyms:
   encirclement

2. blockadeverb

   prevents access or progress

   Synonyms:
   encirclement

3. obstruct, 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, stymie

4. barricade, 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, check

5. blockade, block offverb

   obstruct access to

   Synonyms:
   stop, stymy, bar, embarrass, stymie, barricade, shut off, seal off, block up, block off, hinder, block, obstruct, close off

6. blockade, seal offverb

   impose a blockade on

   Synonyms:
   stop, stymy, seal, bar, embarrass, stymie, barricade, seal off, block up, block off, hinder, block, obstruct

Matched Categories

1. • Military
   • Military Action
   • Prevent

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. blockadeverb

   Synonyms:
   close (as ports, so as to prevent egress or ingress), block, shut up, stop up

2. blockadenoun

   Synonyms:
   closure (as of a port), shutting up, blocking up

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "blockade":

   embargo, lock-up, siege, lock, locking, blocking, blockage, deadlock, block, closure, bloc, dam, blockading, lockup, gating, lockout, besieging

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blockade

   Synonyms:
   See Block, Neuromuscular blockade
   

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How to use blockade in a sentence?

1. Igor Boska:

   Teams are ready to fix the consequences of the blasts in the course of four days, when this can happen depends on the results of talks, which the instigators of the blockade are carrying out with authorities.

2. Jim Ritterbusch:

   We view a blockade on Venezuelan imports as low probability and a last resort measure that is likely weeks if not months away should it materialize, the evolving situation in Venezuela appears capable of delaying our expected test of $50 support.

3. Alessio Patalano:

   The official announcement( of the blockade) refers to just a few days, which would make it hard to qualify it on practical terms to a blockade, blockades are hard to execute and long to implement. This exercise is not that.

4. United States:

   As is always the case with PLA exercises in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea areas, Beijing is telling the United States, regional countries, Taiwan Island and its own people, that the PLA has the capability to conduct blockade and joint air and missile strikes on targets in and around Taiwan Island.

5. Coastal GasLink President David Pfeiffer:

   This is not the outcome we wanted. We have made exceptional efforts to resolve this blockade through engagement and dialogue.