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Blockade

🔄 Synonyms of "Blockade"

12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
barnoun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
obstructverb	To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
stymieverb	To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
stymynoun	Alternative spelling of stymie. [To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.]
barricadenoun	A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
block upverb	(transitive) To completely block or obstruct.
block offverb	(transitive) To obstruct.
seal offverb	(transitive) To physically isolate an area or building for security reasons preventing passage of humans or vehicles.
encirclementnoun	The act of encircling or the state of being encircled
embarrassverb	(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
hinderverb	(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Blockade"

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Word	Definition
seal offverb	(transitive) To physically isolate an area or building for security reasons preventing passage of humans or vehicles.
encirclementnoun	The act of encircling or the state of being encircled
barricadenoun	A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
barnoun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
block upverb	(transitive) To completely block or obstruct.
block offverb	(transitive) To obstruct.
obstructverb	To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
hindernoun	(slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.
embarrassnoun	A river in Minnesota, a tributary of the Saint Louis River.
stymynoun	Alternative spelling of stymie. [(golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).]
stymienoun	(by extension) An obstacle or obstruction.
siegenoun	(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
besiegeverb	(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
besiegingnoun	The act by which a place is besieged.
enclosurenoun	(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
lockdownnoun	The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
locked	Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
barriernoun	A structure that bars passage.
lock-upnoun	Alternative form of lockup. [(slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.]