The blockade by Britain and the other allies was very successful.
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Blockade
//blɑˈkeɪd//
Synonyms for "blockade" (404 found)
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barricadeobstructabdominal epilepsyaccessacquired epilepsyactivated epilepsyaffect epilepsyafterthoughtakinetic epilepsyapoplexyarmarmorarmor-platearrestarrestationarrestmentattackautonomic epilepsybanbank
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Noun(1 words)
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close upclosingclosing upclosurecompassconfinementcongestcongestionconstipateconstipationconstrictconstrictioncontainconvulsioncoopcoop incoop upcordoncordon offcordoning
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corkcorralcortical 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
Noun(2 words)
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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 valueobjectionobstacleobstipateobstipationobstructionobstructionismobstructiveoccludeocclusionomissionomitone 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(2 words)
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1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
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2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
112 translations across 55 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- bllokadë noun (isolation of something)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πολιορκέω verb (to create a blockade against)
Arabic
2 entries- حِصَار noun (isolation of something)
- مُحَاصَرَة noun (isolation of something)
Armenian
2 entries- շրջափակում noun (isolation of something)
- շրջափակել verb (to create a blockade against)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- blokada noun (isolation of something)
- mühasirə noun (isolation of something)
Belarusian
3 entries- блака́да noun (isolation of something)
- блакірава́ць verb (to create a blockade against)
- блякава́ць verb (to create a blockade against)
Bulgarian
2 entries- блока́да noun (isolation of something)
- блоки́рам verb (to create a blockade against)
Catalan
2 entries- bloqueig noun (isolation of something)
- bloquejar verb (to create a blockade against)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 封鎖 /封锁 noun (isolation of something)
- 封鎖 /封锁 verb (to create a blockade against)
Czech
3 entries- blokáda noun (isolation of something)
- blokovat verb (to create a blockade against)
- zablokovat verb (to create a blockade against)
Danish
1 entries- blokade noun (isolation of something)
Dutch
1 entries- blokkade noun (isolation of something)
Esperanto
1 entries- blokado noun (isolation of something)
Estonian
1 entries- blokaad noun (isolation of something)
Finnish
4 entries- blokkaus noun (chess: preventing opponent's pawn)
- esto noun (chess: preventing opponent's pawn)
- saarto noun (physical blocking or surrounding of a place)
- saarto noun (isolation of something)
French
3 entries- blocus noun (isolation of something)
- bloquer verb (to create a blockade against)
- obstruer verb (to create a blockade against)
Georgian
1 entries- ბლოკადა noun (isolation of something)
German
3 entries- Blockade noun (isolation of something)
- blockieren verb (to create a blockade against)
- sperren verb (to create a blockade against)
Greek
2 entries- αποκλεισμός noun (isolation of something)
- αποκλείω verb (to create a blockade against)
Hebrew
2 entries- הֶסְגֵּר noun (isolation of something)
- הֶסְגֵּר יַמִּי noun (nautical: ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade)
Hindi
2 entries- घेरा noun (isolation of something)
- नाकाबन्दी noun (isolation of something)
Hungarian
2 entries- blokád noun (isolation of something)
- ostromzár noun (isolation of something)
Icelandic
1 entries- herkví noun (isolation of something)
Indonesian
2 entries- blokade noun (physical blocking or surrounding of a place)
- blokade noun (isolation of something)
Italian
1 entries- blocco noun (isolation of something)
Japanese
3 entries- 封鎖 noun (isolation of something)
- 遮断 noun (isolation of something)
- 封鎖する verb (to create a blockade against)
Kazakh
4 entries- блокада noun (isolation of something)
- шектеме noun (isolation of something)
- қамау noun (isolation of something)
- қоршау noun (isolation of something)
Korean
1 entries- 봉쇄 noun (isolation of something)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- блокада noun (isolation of something)
- камоо кама verb (to create a blockade against)
Latin
3 entries- obsessiō noun (isolation of something)
- obsidiō noun (isolation of something)
- circumsedeo verb (to create a blockade against)
Latvian
1 entries- blokāde noun (isolation of something)
Lithuanian
1 entries- blokada noun (isolation of something)
Macedonian
1 entries- блока́да noun (isolation of something)
Mongolian
2 entries- бүслэлт noun (isolation of something)
- ᠪᠦᠰᠡᠯᠡᠯᠲᠡ noun (isolation of something)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- blokade noun (isolation of something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- blokade noun (isolation of something)
Pashto
1 entries- محاصره noun (isolation of something)
Persian
1 entries- محاصره noun (isolation of something)
Polish
4 entries- blokada noun (physical blocking or surrounding of a place)
- blokada noun (isolation of something)
- blokada noun (nautical: ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade)
- blokować verb (to create a blockade against)
Portuguese
2 entries- bloqueio noun (isolation of something)
- bloquear verb (to create a blockade against)
Romanian
4 entries- blocadă noun (isolation of something)
- blocaj noun (isolation of something)
- blocare noun (isolation of something)
- bloca verb (to create a blockade against)
Russian
3 entries- блока́да noun (isolation of something)
- блоки́ровать verb (to create a blockade against)
- заблоки́ровать verb (to create a blockade against)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- blokáda noun (isolation of something)
- блока́да noun (isolation of something)
Slovak
3 entries- blokáda noun (isolation of something)
- blokovať verb (to create a blockade against)
- zablokovať verb (to create a blockade against)
Slovene
1 entries- blokada noun (isolation of something)
Spanish
2 entries- bloqueo noun (isolation of something)
- bloqueo noun (nautical: ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade)
Swedish
3 entries- blockad noun (isolation of something)
- blockera verb (to create a blockade against)
- spärra verb (to create a blockade against)
Tajik
2 entries- муҳосара noun (isolation of something)
- муҳосира noun (isolation of something)
Thai
2 entries- การปิดล้อม noun (isolation of something)
- ปิดล้อม verb (to create a blockade against)
Turkish
2 entries- abluka noun (isolation of something)
- muhasara noun (isolation of something)
Turkmen
1 entries- blokada noun (isolation of something)
Ukrainian
2 entries- блока́да noun (isolation of something)
- блокува́ти verb (to create a blockade against)
Urdu
2 entries- محاصرہ noun (isolation of something)
- گھِیرا noun (isolation of something)
Uzbek
2 entries- blokada noun (isolation of something)
- muhosara noun (isolation of something)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự bao vây noun (isolation of something)
- sự phong tỏa noun (isolation of something)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
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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