Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense blockades, present participle blockading, past tense, past participle blockaded
1. countable noun
A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
Striking lorry drivers agreed to lift their blockades of main roads. [+ of]
It's not yet clear who will actually enforce the blockade.
...the economic blockade of Lithuania. [+ of]
Synonyms: stoppage, block, barrier, restriction More Synonyms of blockade
2. verb
If a group of people blockade a place, they stop goods or people from reaching that place. If they blockade a road or a port, they stop people using that road or port.
Truck drivers have blockaded roads to show their anger over new driving regulations. [VERB noun]
About 50,000 people are trapped in the town, which has been blockaded for more than40 days. [VERB noun]
[Also V-ed]
Synonyms: bar, block, cut off, obstruct More Synonyms of blockade
blockade in British English
(blɒˈkeɪd)
noun
1. military
the interdiction of a nation's sea lines of communications, esp of an individual port by the use of sea power
2.
something that prevents access or progress
3. medicine
the inhibition of the effect of a hormone or a drug, a transport system, or the action of a nerve by a drug
verb(transitive)
4.
to impose a blockade on
5.
to obstruct the way to
Derived forms
blockader (blockˈader)
noun
Word origin
C17: from block + -ade, as in ambuscade
blockade in American English
(blɑˈkeɪd)
noun
1.
a shutting off of a port or region of a belligerent state by the troops or ships of the enemy in order to prevent passage in or out in time of war
2.
any blocking action designed to isolate another nation and cut off communication and commerce with it
3.
the force that maintains a blockade
4.
any strategic barrier
verb transitiveWord forms: blockˈaded or blockˈading
5.
to subject to a blockade
Idioms:
run the blockade
Derived forms
blockader (blockˈader)
noun
Word origin
UNRESOLVED CROSS REF + -ade
blockade in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(blɒkeɪd)
Word forms: (regular plural) blockades
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Physiology)
Blockade, or a blockade, is the inhibition of the effect of a hormone, a drug, or a transport system, orthe inhibition of the action of a nerve by a drug.
Blockade works by blocking the effect of a hormone by a drug.
Narcotic blockade involves inhibiting the effects of narcotic drugs by the use of other drugs.
Blockade is the inhibition of the effect of a hormone, a drug, or a transport system, or theinhibition of the action of a nerve by a drug.
Examples of 'blockade' in a sentence
blockade
The illegal blockade must be lifted entirely.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now they are all hostage to negotiations between the regime and rebels on lifting the blockade.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Finding an agreed way to lift the blockade will not be easy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Tripoli has now declared a sea blockade to cut off vital relief supplies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
English ships were summoned to bring reinforcements to the siege and to blockade the port from the sea.
Christina Hardyment Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler (2005)
The blockade has been lifted, but not before seriously weakening hundreds of thousands of people.
Christianity Today (2000)
Lifting the blockade now would lift the Cypriot economy hugely as it awaits a bailout.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The sea blockade will remain.
The Sun (2010)
Having lived for eight years under an economic blockade, many see little sense in giving in now without rolling it back.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A brutal trade blockade was imposed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And when they have some kind of fishing grievance, they blockade the Channel ports.
The Sun (2006)
It blamed a naval blockade by Saudi Arabia and its allies for deepening the humanitarian crisis.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In 1941 he helped defuse mines used to blockade Harwich harbour.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
While the government seeks to impose an information blockade by shutting down outlets perceived as supporting the opposition, overseas hackers are busy sabotaging government networks.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In May 1949 they lifted the blockade.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
It said of the deal: 'It is a far cry from the full lifting of the blockade that is urgently needed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
An economic blockade was imposed on landlocked Nepal, using the pretext that negotiations over the trade treaty between the two countries had reached deadlock.
Jonathan Gregson BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty (2002)
In exchange for the removal of the weapons the USA pledged to lift the blockade and refrain from invading Cuba.
Thackrah, J. R. Twentieth Century History - Basic Facts (1985)
In other languages
blockade
British English: blockade NOUN
A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
It's not yet clear who will actually enforce the blockade.
American English: blockade
Brazilian Portuguese: bloqueio
Chinese: 封锁
European Spanish: bloqueo
French: blocus
German: Blockade
Italian: blocco
Japanese: 封鎖
Korean: 봉쇄
European Portuguese: bloqueio
Latin American Spanish: bloqueo
British English: blockade VERB
If a group of people blockade a place, they stop goods or people from reaching that place.
Truck drivers have blockaded roads to show their anger over new driving regulations.
American English: blockade
Brazilian Portuguese: bloquear
Chinese: 封锁
European Spanish: bloquear
French: faire le blocus de
German: blockieren
Italian: bloccare
Japanese: 封鎖する
Korean: 봉쇄
European Portuguese: bloquear
Latin American Spanish: bloquear
Chinese translation of 'blockade'
blockade
(blɔˈkeɪd)
n(c)
封锁(鎖) (fēngsuǒ)
vt
封锁(鎖) (fēngsuǒ)
(noun)
Definition
the closing off of a port or region to prevent the passage of goods
They agreed to lift their blockades of main roads.
Synonyms
stoppage
block
a block to peace
barrier
The demonstrators broke through the heavy police barriers.
restriction
obstacle
She had to navigate her way round trolleys and other obstacles.
barricade
Large areas of the city have been closed off by barricades.
obstruction
drivers parking near his house and causing an obstruction
impediment
There is no legal impediment to the marriage.
hindrance
Higher rates have been a hindrance to economic recovery.
encirclement
(verb)
Definition
to impose a blockade on
Truck drivers have blockaded roads to show their anger over driving regulations.
Synonyms
bar
For added safety, bar the door to the kitchen.
block
a row of spruce trees that blocked his view
cut off
obstruct
Lorries obstructed the road completely.
shut off
barricade
The doors had been barricaded.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of barricade
Definition
a barrier, esp. one erected hastily for defence
Large areas of the city have been closed off by barricades.
Synonyms
barrier,
wall,
railing,
fence,
blockade,
obstruction,
rampart,
fortification,
bulwark,
palisade,
stockade
in the sense of barricade
Definition
to erect a barricade across (an entrance)
The doors had been barricaded.
Synonyms
bar,
block,
defend,
secure,
lock,
bolt,
blockade,
fortify,
fasten,
latch,
obstruct
in the sense of barrier
Definition
anything that blocks a way or separates, such as a gate
The demonstrators broke through the heavy police barriers.