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Synonyms of blockade in English:

blockade


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noun

1‘a naval blockade of the island’

SYNONYMS
siege, beleaguerment, encirclement
rare investment, besiegement

2‘demonstrators erected blockades in the streets’

SYNONYMS
barricade, barrier, roadblock
obstacle, obstruction, impediment, bulwark, block, hindrance, check, deterrent, hurdle

verb

1‘rebels blockaded the capital’

SYNONYMS
barricade, close up, block off, shut off, seal, bar
besiege, lay siege to, beleaguer, beset, surround
archaic invest