blockading

Meaning

of Blockade

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stop block bar siege seal blocking blockade jamming preventive obstruct barring besiege barricade embarrass clogging
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Antonyms

free hand release start continue advantage
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Anagrams

adblocking

Examples

the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions Source: Internet

Congress, now set ablaze by the retaliatory shelling, burned for many hours into the night, a symbol of Confederate naval power and a costly wake-up call for the all-wood Union blockading squadron. Source: Internet

God forbid that we have a real crisis – a material outbreak of coronavirus on our shores, a serious action between North and South Korea, Iran blockading oil-tanker traffic. Source: Internet

“It is alleged on 25 March 2019 at 2.30pm, a group of men embarked on protest action blockading the road and preventing trucks from operating at Bayhead. Source: Internet

He marched and proceeded to besiege Rome, blockading it so that no one was able to leave the city. Source: Internet

Quarstein, 2006, p. 45 Yet Monitor was still able to challenge Virginia and prevent her from further destroying the remaining ships in the Union flotilla blockading Hampton Roads. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

blockade-runner blockaded blockader blockage blockage in the bowel blockage in the small or large intestine