Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.


Adjective: blockaded  bló'keydud
  1. Preventing entry or exit or a course of action
    "the blockaded harbour"
    - barricaded, barred
Verb: blockade  bló'keyd
  1. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
    - obstruct, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
     
  2. Render unsuitable for passage
    - barricade, block, stop, block off, block up, bar
     
  3. Obstruct access to
    - block off
     
  4. Impose a blockade on
    - seal off

See also: obstructed

Type of: beleaguer, besiege, block, circumvent, close up, forbid, foreclose, forestall, hem in, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude, preclude, prevent, surround

Encyclopedia: Blockade