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blockade /blɒˈkeɪd /noun1An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving: they voted to lift the blockade of major railway junctions...- The British then imposed a blockade which restricted trade with France and the USA and prevented the movement of French warships at Martinique, and of French gold shipped there.
- Throughout 1940 and 1941 the USA tightened an economic blockade of Japan which threatened to cut off most Japanese oil supplies.
- In response, the Soviet Union imposed an economic blockade.
Synonyms siege, beleaguerment, encirclement rare investment, besiegement barricade, barrier, roadblock; obstacle, obstruction, impediment, bulwark, block, hindrance, check, deterrent, hurdle 1.1An obstruction of a physiological or mental function, especially of a biochemical receptor.The blockade of these receptors can therefore facilitate dopaminergic transmission by stimulating dopamine release and by potentiating the effects of dopamine receptor stimulation....- The mechanism for this benefit is most likely a blockade of aldosterone receptors.
- One would expect the effect of blockade on airways function to be rapid and indeed the risk ceases to be significant after the first year of exposure.
verb [with object]Seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving: the authorities blockaded roads in and out of the capital...- Over the weekend peace activists blockaded the road and entered the plant, which is near Reading.
- Ricardo himself fled before the place was completely blockaded.
- The Federal ships blockading the port closed as near as they dared and managed to shoot a cannon ball through the Denbigh's wheelhouse.
Synonyms barricade, close up, block off, shut off, seal, bar; besiege, lay siege to, beleaguer, beset, surround archaic invest PhrasesDerivativesblockader /blɒˈkeɪdə / noun ...- ‘We can forcibly remove the blockades if we are sure that there is enough evidence that the blockaders are illegal,’ he told the Post.
- Road blockades, and the use of police and military force against the blockaders, could resume if a permanent agreement is not reached.
- As you can hear from this home video, the police arrived and tried to reason with the blockaders.
OriginLate 17th century: from block + -ade1, probably influenced by ambuscade. Rhymesabrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, braid, brigade, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, dissuade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, maid, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, wade |