verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of blockade form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

blockadecircumscriptionconfinementencirclementenvelopmentimprisonment

Example

More examples

"Lithuania has started blockading Kaliningrad."

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