Antonyms for blockaded

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : blo-keyd

Phonetic Transcription : blɒˈkeɪd

Definition of blockaded

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").

As in secluded : adj isolated, sheltered
As in impassable : adj closed
As in screened : adj secluded
As in picket : verb protest against, for cause
As in raid : verb attack, pillage
As in seclude : verb isolate, hide
As in bar : verb secure, usually with a length of material
As in shut off/shut out : verb exclude; screen
As in barricade : verb block, usually to protect
As in surround : verb enclose, encircle something
As in beleaguer : verb harass, besiege
As in besiege : verb surround; assault
As in block : verb obstruct
As in shut out : verb exclude
As in mew : verb enclose
As in sequestrate : verb seclude
As in compass : verb enclose
As in enclose : verb put inside, surround
As in gird : verb encircle; strengthen

Example sentences :

It had been blockaded for months with its keel out of water.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Her enemies had supposed that she was exhausted by the war, and our ships were blockaded at Mitylene.
Extract from : « Menexenus » by Plato

Their crime was high treason against Medina while it was blockaded.
Extract from : « A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd' » by Moulavi Gergh Ali

The State of Yucatan was not assisting in the war and did not need to be blockaded.
Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.

The Houses of Parliament were blockaded by the Spitalfields weavers.
Extract from : « Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Was I to be blockaded from my clothes all the rest of the afternoon?
Extract from : « The Land of Thor » by J. Ross Browne

It was not pretended that they would be blockaded effectively.
Extract from : « Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 » by Alfred Thayer Mahan

As yet the three travellers were ignorant that the place was blockaded by the guerilla of Arroyo.
Extract from : « The Tiger Hunter » by Mayne Reid

All the famous shops on the Boulevards had been blockaded for more than a week.
Extract from : « The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete » by John Forster

He had no ship of war at his disposal, and he feared that Dublin might be blockaded.
Extract from : « Ireland under the Tudors, Volume I (of II) » by Richard Bagwell

Synonyms for blockaded

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