| NOUN | act | blockade, encirclement | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy / enemy |
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| artifact | blockade | prevents access or progress | |
| VERB | social | blockade, obstruct, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of |
| contact | blockade, barricade, block, stop, block off, block up, bar | render unsuitable for passage | |
| competition | blockade, block off | obstruct access to | |
| competition | blockade, seal off | impose a blockade on |
| Sounds | blaa.key'd | |
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| Rhymes | accolade ... wade / Wade: 90 rhymes with eyd... | |
| Meaning | A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy / enemy. | |
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| Synonym | encirclement | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Narrower | naval blockade | The interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power |
| siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade | The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | |
| Broader | military action, action | A military engagement |
| Spanish | bloqueo | |
| Verbs | blockade | impose a blockade on |
| Meaning | prevents access or progress. | |
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| Broader | obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta | Any structure that makes progress difficult |
| Spanish | bloqueo, estorbo, obstrucción | |
| Catalan | bloqueig, destorb, obstacle, obstrucció | |
| Verbs | blockade | obstruct access to |
| blockade | render unsuitable for passage | |
| Meaning | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | obstruct, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass | |
| Narrower | bottleneck | slow down or impede by creating an obstruction |
| check | Block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey | |
| filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying | |
| hang | prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury | |
| stonewall | obstruct or hinder any discussion | |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
| Spanish | apenar, bloquear, dificultar, entorpecer, estorbar, impedir, obstaculizar, obstruir | |
| Catalan | dificultar, obstaculitzar, obstruir | |
| Meaning | Render unsuitable for passage. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | barricade, block, stop, block off, block up, bar | |
| Narrower | close | bar access to |
| shut off, block off, close off | block off the passage through | |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
| Similar to | obstruct, block | shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight |
| Spanish | bloquear, obstruir | |
| Catalan | blocar, bloquejar, obstruir | |
| Nouns | blockade | prevents access or progress |
| Meaning | obstruct access to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | block off | |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
| Spanish | bloquear, cortar | |
| Catalan | barrar el pas, tallar | |
| Nouns | blockade | prevents access or progress |
| Meaning | impose a blockade on. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | seal off | |
| Broader | besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent | Surround so as to force to give up |
| Spanish | bloquear, cerrar | |
| Nouns | blockade | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy / enemy |
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