blockade
Meaning of blockade
noun
- The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
- (by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
- The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it
verb
To create a blockade against.
Information about blockade
- The plural form of blockade is: blockades.
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Hyphenation of blockade
block-ade
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- blockade is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
blockade synonyms
Meaning encirclement:
Meaning obstruct:
obstruct, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
Meaning barricade:
Translation of blockade
- Italian: blocco, ostruire, bloccare, sbarrare, ostacolare
- German: Blockade, blockieren, versperren
- French: blocus, barrer, bloquer
- Spanish: bloqueo, bloquear, obstaculizar, impedir, obstruir
Words that rhyme with blockade
kade, cockade, counterblockade, preblockade, problockade, stockade, Verkade, parkade, mukade
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