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block⋅ade

  [blo-keyd] noun, verb, -ad⋅ed, -ad⋅ing.
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–noun
1. 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.
2. any obstruction of passage or progress: We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards.
3. Pathology. interruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse or a heart muscle–contraction impulse.
–verb (used with object)
4. to subject to a blockade.
Origin:
1670–80; block ( v. ) + -ade 1

Related forms:
block⋅ad⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See siege.
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block·ade   (blŏ-kād')   
n.  
  1. The isolation of a nation, area, city, or harbor by hostile ships or forces in order to prevent the entrance and exit of traffic and commerce.
  2. The forces used to effect this isolation.
tr.v.   block·ad·ed, block·ad·ing, block·ades
To set up a blockade against. See Synonyms at besiege.

[Probably block + -ade (as in barricade).]
block·ad'er n.
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