BLOCKADE Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in siege

the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies it was the blockade of all the enemy's major ports that finally won the war

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verb

blä-ˈkād

as in to guard

to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point the militant protestors blockaded the whole area around city hall

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as in to besiege

to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication blockaded the city until it surrendered

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Recent Examples of blockade

Noun

And control of the upper chamber has major implications for the new administration — either bolstering the president's agenda, or serving as a blockade for the opposing party. —

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024 Taiwan and the United States should therefore remain focused on deterring—and, if necessary, defeating—a Chinese blockade or invasion. —

David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024

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Mordecai Sheftall, who lived in Georgia, was one of the few people there who had pledged to resist the Coercive Acts: Britain’s efforts to blockade Boston and place Massachusetts under military rule after the Boston Tea Party. —

Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024 Second, to remind us of the Blacks’ strategy of blockading the Gullet — that vast stretch of dark water separating the Narrow Sea from Blackwater Bay and, beyond it, the ports of King’s Landing. —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for blockade

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Trump faced federal cases headed by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith, who leveled charges against him over efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and surrounding Trump's activities leading up to the January 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol.

Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Smee’s telling centers on charismatic ringleader Édouard Manet and his friends Berthe Morisot and Edgar Degas, who were all trapped in Paris during the siege of 1870 to ’71 while the other pivotal artists of the day managed to escape.

Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024