blockade

blockade has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• v. t.. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
• v. t.. An obstruction to passage.
• v. t.. To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.
• n.. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
• n.. To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
• n.. a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
• n.. prevents access or progress
• v.. impose a blockade on
• v.. obstruct access to
• v.. render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
• v.. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"