The blockade by Britain and the other allies was very successful.
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Blockade
/blɑˈkeɪd/
Synonyms for "blockade" (442 found)
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abdominal epilepsyaccessacquired epilepsyactivated epilepsyaffect epilepsyafterthoughtakinetic epilepsyapoplexyarmarmorarmor-platearrestarrestationarrestmentattackautonomic epilepsybanbankbarbar out
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barricadebarrierbarringbattlebeleaguerbeleaguermentbesetbesetmentbesiegebesiegementbindblank wallblind alleyblind gutblockblock upblockadingblockageblockingboltbootlegbottleneckboundbox inboycottbulwarkbungbureaucratic delaycagecardiac epilepsycastellatecatchcaulkcecumcensorshipchambercheckchinkchockchokechoke offchoke upchokingchoking offcircumscriptionclogclog upcloggingclonic spasmclonus
Noun(10 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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closeclose inclose offclose tightclose upclosingclosing upclosurecompassconfinementcongestcongestionconstipateconstipationconstrictconstrictioncontainconvulsioncoopcoop in
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coop upcordoncordon offcordoningcorkcorralcortical epilepsycostivenesscount outcovercrampcrenellatecrowdcul-de-saccursive epilepsycurtaincut offdamdam updead enddebardebarmentdebarringdelaydelayagedelayed reactiondemarcationdetainmentdetentiondetermentdeterrentdifficultydig indiurnal epilepsydogdouble takedraggingdrawbackeclampsiaembargoembattleembolismembolusencircleencirclementencloseenclosureencompassencompassmentenshrineentrenchenvelopenvelopmentepilepsiaepilepsia graviorepilepsia majorepilepsia minorepilepsia mitiorepilepsia nutansepilepsia tardaepilepsyexceptionexcludeexclusionfalling sicknessfencefence infillfill upfitfixationfly in the ointmentfocal epilepsyfoot-draggingfortifyfoulfreeze outfrenzygaolgarrisongorgegrand malhalthamperinghang uphang-upharassharryhaute malhazardhedge inhem inhinderinghindrancehitchholdbackholduphoochhousehouse inhurdle
Adjective(1 words)
economic blockade
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hysterical epilepsyictusignoreimmurementimpasseimpedimentimpoundimprisonimprisonmentinadmissibilityincarcerateincarcerationincludeinclusioninfarctinfarctioninhibitioninjunctioninterferenceinterim
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interruptioninvestinvestmentjacksonian epilepsyjailjamjokerkeep outkennellaglagginglarval epilepsylaryngeal epilepsylaryngospasmlatent epilepsylay siege toleaguerleave outletlocklock outlockjawlockoutlogjammanman the garrisonmatutinal epilepsymenstrual epilepsymewmew upminemoonshinemoratoriummusicogenic epilepsymyoclonous epilepsynarrowingnegativismnocturnal epilepsynonadmissionnuisance valueobjectionobstacleobstipateobstipationobstructobstructionobstructionismobstructiveoccludeocclusionomissionomitone small difficultyoppositionostracizepackpalisadepaperasserieparoxysmpass overpausepenpen inpetit malphysiologic epilepsypicketpincer movementplugplug uppocketprecludepreclusionprohibitprohibitionpsychic epilepsypsychological blockpsychomotor epilepsyquarantinerail inred tapered-tapeismred-taperyreflex epilepsyrejectrejectionrelegaterelegationrepressionreprieverepudiaterepudiationresistancerespiterestraintrestrictionretardanceretardationretardmentroadblockrolandic epilepsyrotatoriarubsealing offseizuresend to coventrysensory epilepsyserial epilepsysetbackshrineshut inshut offshut outshut tightshut upshutdownshuttingshutting upsiegeslow-upslowdownslownesssnagsoften upspasmspilesqueezesqueeze shutstablestanchstand in the waystaystay of executionstenchstiflestopstop upstoppagestopperstopplestranglestrangleholdstrangulatestrangulationstricturestrokestuffstuff upstumbling blockstumbling stonesuffocatesuppressionsurroundsuspensiontabootardy epilepsytetanustetanythroesthromboembolismthrombosistie-uptime lagtonic epilepsytonic spasmtorsion spasmtraumatic epilepsytrismusucinate epilepsyvertical envelopmentvisitationwaitwallwall inwrapyardyard up
Noun(19 words)
Adjective(1 words)
naval blockade
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28 entriesactionaction verbbarrierbeleaguerbesiegeblockcircumventclose upforbidforecloseforestallhem inimpedeimpedimentimpedimentajam
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12 entriesair blockadebureaucratic blockadeeconomic blockadeinformation blockadeland blockadelogistical blockademilitary blockadenaval blockadepolicy blockadesupply blockadetrade blockadetransport blockade
Collocations
9 entriesblockade a portblockade a roadblockade of portseconomic blockadeenforce a blockadeimpose a blockadelift the blockadenaval blockadeport blockade
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
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2 entriesSample sentences
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Thanks for understanding the drama of my homeland, which is, like Pablo Neruda would say, a silent Vietnam; there are no occupying troops, nor powerful planes clouding the clean skies of my land, but we're under financial blockade, we have no credit, we can't buy spare parts, we have no means to buy food and we need medicine...
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The Communists chose to blockade the western part of Berlin. They cut off food and supplies to more than two million Germans in an effort to extinguish the last flame of freedom in Berlin.
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Israel's blockade on Gaza has cut off Palestinians from the rest of the world.
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