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blockade

(bl/A/'k/eI/d )

a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy(noun.act)

Synonym:
encirclement

source: wordnet30
prevents access or progress(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.(noun)

source: webster1913

hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of(verb.social)

Synonym:
block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy

source: wordnet30
render unsuitable for passage(verb.contact)

Synonym:
bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop

source: wordnet30
obstruct access to(verb.competition)

Synonym:
block off

source: wordnet30
impose a blockade on(verb.competition)

Synonym:
seal off

source: wordnet30
To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.(verb)

source: webster1913

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