Synonyms for blockade
blɒˈkeɪdblock·ade

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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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1. Adriana Valdivia:

   I can't see a way out to help Cubans live better, salaries are the same and don't make ends meet, and now Trump is tightening the screws with the blockade, imagine that.

2. Saad Al-Kaabi:

   This agreement... goes hand in hand with the planned expansion of our local production from the North Field, which will further boost Qatar's leading global position by raising its LNG production from 77 million to 100 million tons per year, our oil and gas sector has not been impacted by the blockade, nor has our previously planned expansion.

3. 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.

4. David Anber:

   There was no – there was never a blockade in Ottawa. The word 'blockade' is a charged word, at the border, in other places in Canada, there were things that could be legitimately characterized as a blockade. They were preventing supply chain and movement of people and goods. The protests in Ottawa, for the most part, every road that was jammed up with trucks left a lane of traffic to allow emergency vehicles and other people to navigate the city.

5. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

   We call for the lifting of the (U.S.) trade and financial blockade of Cuba as soon as possible.