Antonyms for blockade

Grammar : Noun

Spell : blo-keyd

Phonetic Transcription : blɒˈkeɪd

Definition of blockade

Origin : mid-17c., from block (v.) + -ade, false French ending (the French word is blocus, 18c. in this sense, which seems to be in part a back-formation from the verb bloquer and in part influenced by Middle Dutch blokhuus "blockhouse").

noun barrier

Example sentences :

Besides which he established a blockade in front of the harbour when the weather permitted.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

The blockade had raised even the most simple articles to the price of luxuries.
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

Then we will all have to get out or else be obliged to run the blockade.
Extract from : « The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade » by Harry Moore

They wont do that, and if they do, England will break the blockade.
Extract from : « Among the Pines » by James R. Gilmore

The British Isles were declared to be in a state of blockade.
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

A second grievance was the blockade of American ports by British cruisers.
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

The blockade will be complete, and we shall rest as isolated as the other side of the moon.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Her blockade of the French ports was very imperfect, and easily evaded.
Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.

It is only because such appendages would be a blockade to business.
Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage

This epistle was written whilst the blockade and battery were going on.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson

Synonyms for blockade

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