1. blockade - Noun
2. blockade - Verb
The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
An obstruction to passage.
To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.
Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
Source: Webster's dictionaryGreat also are the souls of the defenders-men who know that, as long as the path to death lies open, the blockade is not complete, men who breathe their last in the arms of liberty. Seneca
We accuse Western countries of taking a series of unlawful actions that has led to the blockade. Dmitry Peskov
Never so long as I have any responsibility in governing this country will I sanction the British Navy being used for an armed blockade of any country in the world until I know what the United States of America is going to do. Stanley Baldwin
block the way Source: Internet
barricade the streets Source: Internet
stop the busy road Source: Internet