Synonyms for blockade
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : blo-keyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : blɒˈkeɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for blockade Other synonyms for the word blockade
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for blockade
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