Adjective blockading has 1 sense
  1. blockading - blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors; "the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions"
    Antonym:
    permissive (indirect, via preventive)
,Verb blockade has 4 senses
  1. obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
    --1 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
    --2 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
    Derived form: noun blockade2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. blockade, block off - obstruct access to
    --3 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
    Derived form: noun blockade2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. blockade, seal off - impose a blockade on
    --4 is one way to besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
    Derived form: noun blockade1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
,
TOP