blockade

See also: Blockade

English

Etymology

From block +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /blɑˈkeɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /blɒˈkeɪd/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

blockade (plural blockades)

1. The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
   • 2019 October, Philip Sherratt, “Midland Main Line upgrade presses on”, in Modern Railways, page 62:

     A six-day blockade from 28 May to 2 June saw NR [National Rail] straighten the track through the station, facilitating a linespeed increase from 60mph to 85mph over a 4km stretch.

2. (by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 265:

     In the mean time, Francesca, separated from Madame de Mercœur, was hidden by a group around the Queen of Sweden. With the wall on one side, and a human blockade on the other, she was left at full leisure to meditate on a vow made at the first announcement of the lottery, namely, that whatever might fall to her lot she would offer in a neighbouring chapel to the Virgin, at whose shrine she would kneel one hour for Guido's safe return.

3. (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
4. (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it

Derived terms

• blockade runner
• blockade whiskey
• Coulomb blockade

 

Translations

physical blocking or surrounding of a place

• Finnish: saarto (fi), sulkeminen (fi)

• Polish: blokada (pl) f

isolation of something

• Albanian: bllokadë (sq) f
• Arabic: حِصَار‎ m (ḥiṣār), مُحَاصَرَة‎ f (muḥāṣara)
• Armenian: շրջափակում (hy) (šrǰapʿakum)
• Azerbaijani: blokada (az), mühasirə (az)
• Belarusian: блака́да f (blakáda)
• Bulgarian: блока́да (bg) f (blokáda)
• Catalan: bloqueig (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 封鎖 (zh), 封锁 (zh) (fēngsuǒ)

• Czech: blokáda f
• Danish: blokade c
• Dutch: blokkade (nl) f
• Esperanto: blokado
• Estonian: blokaad
• Finnish: saarto (fi), sulku (fi)
• French: blocus (fr) m
• Georgian: ბლოკადა (bloḳada)
• German: Blockade (de) f
• Greek: αποκλεισμός (el) m (apokleismós)
• Hebrew: הֶסְגֵּר‎ m (hesger)
• Hindi: नाकाबन्दी (hi) f (nākābandī), घेरा (hi) m (gherā)
• Hungarian: blokád (hu), ostromzár (hu)
• Icelandic: herkví f
• Italian: blocco (it) m
• Japanese: 封鎖 (ja) (ふうさ, fūsa), 遮断 (ja) (しゃだん, shadan)
• Kazakh: шектеме (şekteme), блокада (blokada), қамау (kk) (qamau), қоршау (kk) (qorşau)
• Korean: 봉쇄(封鎖) (ko) (bongswae)
• Kyrgyz: блокада (ky) (bloqada)
• Latin: obsidiō f, obsessiō f
• Latvian: blokāde f
• Lithuanian: blokada (lt) f

• Macedonian: блока́да f (blokáda)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: бүслэлт (mn) (büslelt)

  Mongolian: ᠪᠦᠰᠡᠯᠡᠯᠲᠡ (büselelte)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blokade m

  Nynorsk: blokade m

• Pashto: محاصره‎ f (mahāsera)
• Persian: محاصره‎ (fa) (mohâsere)
• Polish: blokada (pl) f
• Portuguese: bloqueio (pt)
• Romanian: blocadă (ro) f, blocare (ro) f, blocaj (ro) n
• Russian: блока́да (ru) f (blokáda)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: блока́да f

  Roman: blokáda (sh) f

• Slovak: blokáda f
• Slovene: blokada f
• Spanish: bloqueo (es) m
• Swedish: blockad (sv) c
• Tajik: муҳосира (tg) (muhosira), муҳосара (muhosara)
• Thai: การปิดล้อม (gaan-bpìt-lɔ́ɔm)
• Turkish: abluka (tr), muhasara (tr)
• Turkmen: blokada
• Ukrainian: блока́да (uk) f (blokáda)
• Urdu: گھِیرا‎ m (gherā), محاصرہ‎ (muhāsara)
• Uzbek: blokada (uz), muhosara (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự bao vây (vi), sự phong tỏa (vi)

nautical: ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade

• Finnish: saartojoukot pl

• Polish: blokada (pl) f

chess: preventing opponent's pawn

• Finnish: esto (fi), blokkaus

Verb

blockade (third-person singular simple present blockades, present participle blockading, simple past and past participle blockaded)

1. (transitive) To create a blockade against.
   • 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52:

     On January 5 1969, residents blockaded the level crossing at Newcastleton, ahead of the final passenger train. It was only after the then-local MP David (now Lord) Steel had alighted from the St Pancras-bound Sleeper service and negotiated their dispersal (in return for the release without charge of one of the protest organisers, Reverend Brydon Maben) that the train was allowed on its way.

Translations

to create a blockade against

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: շրջափակել (hy) (šrǰapʿakel)
• Belarusian: блакірава́ць impf (blakiravácʹ), блякава́ць impf (bljakavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: блоки́рам (bg) impf or pf (blokíram)
• Catalan: bloquejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 封鎖 (zh), 封锁 (zh) (fēngsuǒ)

• Czech: blokovat (cs) impf, zablokovat pf
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: saartaa (fi)
• French: bloquer (fr), obstruer (fr)
• German: blockieren (de), sperren (de)
• Greek: αποκλείω (el) (apokleío)

  Ancient: πολιορκέω (poliorkéō)

• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 封鎖する (ja) (ふうさする, fūsa suru)
• Kyrgyz: камоо (ky) (qamoo) кама (ky) (qama)
• Latin: circumsedeo
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: blokować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: bloquear (pt)
• Romanian: bloca (ro)
• Russian: блоки́ровать (ru) impf or pf (blokírovatʹ), заблоки́ровать (ru) pf (zablokírovatʹ)
• Slovak: blokovať impf, zablokovať pf
• Swedish: blockera (sv), spärra (sv)
• Thai: ปิดล้อม (bpìt-lɔ́ɔm)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: блокува́ти (uk) impf or pf (blokuváty)

Anagrams

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