- blockading - blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors; "the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions"
Antonym: permissive (indirect, via preventive)
- 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
- 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
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun blockade2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- blockade, block off - obstruct access to
--3 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blockade2
Somebody ----s something
- blockade, seal off - impose a blockade on
--4 is one way to besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blockade1
Somebody ----s something