blockade

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/blɒˈkeɪd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/blɑˈkeɪd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(blo kād′)

Inflections of 'blockade' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
blockades
v 3rd person singular
blockading
v pres p
blockaded
v past
blockaded
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
block•ade /blɑˈkeɪd/USA pronunciation   n., v., -ad•ed, -ad•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. Militarythe closing off of a port, city, etc., by an enemy to prevent anyone from coming in or going out.

v. [~ + object]
  1. Militaryto close off (a port, etc.):They blockaded the port for weeks.
block•ad•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
block•ade  (blo kād′),USA pronunciation n., v., -ad•ed, -ad•ing. 
n. 
  1. Militarythe isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
  2. any obstruction of passage or progress:We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards.
  3. Pathologyinterruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse or a heart muscle–contraction impulse.

v.t. 
  1. Militaryto subject to a blockade.
  • block (verb, verbal) + -ade1 1670–80
block•ad′er, n. 
    1. . See siege. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
blockade /blɒˈkeɪd/ n
  1. the interdiction of a nation's sea lines of communications, esp of an individual port by the use of sea power
  2. something that prevents access or progress
  3. the inhibition of the effect of a hormone or a drug, a transport system, or the action of a nerve by a drug
 vb (transitive)
  1. to impose a blockade on
  2. to obstruct the way to
Etymology: 17th Century: from block + -ade, as in ambuscadeblockˈader n
'blockade' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Göteborg - run - Ade - block - blockade-runner - cordon - investment - lift - obsession - preblockade - problockade - siege

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