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blockade
[ blo-keyd ]
noun
- the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- any obstruction of passage or progress:
We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards.
- Pathology. interruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse or a heart muscle–contraction impulse.
verb (used with object)
- to subject to a blockade.
blockade
/ ²ú±ôɒˈ°ì±ðɪ»å /
noun
- military the interdiction of a nation's sea lines of communications, esp of an individual port by the use of sea power
- something that prevents access or progress
- med the inhibition of the effect of a hormone or a drug, a transport system, or the action of a nerve by a drug
verb
- to impose a blockade on
- to obstruct the way to
Derived Forms
- ²ú±ô´Ç³¦°ìˈ²¹»å±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú±ô´Ç³¦°ì·²¹»åİù noun
- ³¦´Ç³Ü²Ôt±ð°ù·²ú±ô´Ç³¦°ì·²¹»å±ð noun verb counterblockaded counterblockading
- ²Ô´Ç²Ôb±ô´Ç³¦°ì·²¹»åĻå adjective
- ±è°ù±ðb±ô´Ç³¦°ì·²¹»å±ð noun verb (used with object) preblockaded preblockading
- ±è°ù´Çb±ô´Ç³¦°ì·²¹»å±ð adjective
- ³Ü²Ôb±ô´Ç³¦°ì·²¹»åĻå adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of blockade1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It is the longest blockade yet of Israel's nearly 18-month-long war against Hamas.
He added that malnutrition complicates wound healing and rehabilitation, as most patients lacked sufficient protein in the restricted diet made necessary by Israel’s siege and blockade.
In 2007, after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip, Israel established a land and sea blockade.
The blockades had paralysed parts of the capital, forcing schools and some businesses to close.
Answering questions in the Commons on Monday, Lammy twice stated Israel's 16-day blockade preventing humanitarian supplies into Gaza was a "breach" of international law.
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