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   blockade

   /blɒˈkeɪd/

   noun

   • 1. an 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" Similar siegebeleaguermentencirclementrare:investmentbesiegementbarricadebarrierroadblockobstacleobstructionimpedimentbulwarkblockhindrancecheckdeterrenthurdle
   • ▪ an obstruction of a physiological or mental function, especially of a biochemical receptor.

   verb

   • 1. seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving: "the authorities blockaded roads in and out of the capital"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from block + -ade1, probably influenced by ambuscade.

   Derivatives

   • 1. blockader noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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