blockade
noun
[ blɒˈkeɪd ]
• 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:
siege,
beleaguerment,
encirclement,
investment,
besiegement,
barricade,
barrier,
roadblock,
obstacle,
obstruction,
impediment,
bulwark,
block,
hindrance,
check,
deterrent,
hurdle,
blockade
verb
• seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
• "the authorities blockaded roads in and out of the capital"
Similar:
barricade,
close up,
block off,
shut off,
seal,
bar,
besiege,
lay siege to,
beleaguer,
beset,
surround,
invest,
Origin:
late 17th century: from block + -ade1, probably influenced by ambuscade .
