blockade
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪd
[edit] Noun
blockade (plural blockades)
- 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.
- (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
- (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it
[edit] Translations
the isolation of something
[edit] Verb
blockade (third-person singular simple present blockades, present participle blockading, simple past and past participle blockaded)
- (transitive) To create a blockade against.
[edit] Translations
to create a blockade against
