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- Dictionaryblockade/blɒˈkeɪd/
noun
- 1. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving: "they voted to lift the blockade of major railway junctions" Similar
verb
- 1. seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving: "the authorities blockaded roads in and out of the capital"
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: the cutting off of an area by means of troops or warships to stop the coming in or going out of people or supplies. : interruption of normal physiological function (as transmission of nerve impulses) of a cellular receptor, tissue, or organ.
BLOCKADE definition: 1. the situation in which a country or place is surrounded by soldiers or ships to stop people or…. Learn more.
A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force. A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which are legal barriers to trade rather than physical barriers.
Blockade is the inhibition of the effect of a hormone, a drug, or a transport system, or the inhibition of the action of a nerve by a drug.
A blockade is an obstacle that stands between you and something you're trying to reach. After a robbery, police might set up a blockade around the neighborhood to catch the thief.
1. the closing off of a port, city, etc., by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit. 2. any obstruction of passage or progress. 3. interruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse. 4. to subject to a blockade. block•ad′er, n.
