blockade

An action that stops people, ships, or goods from entering or leaving a place.

• The blockade stopped food deliveries.
• Warships maintained a blockade of the port.
• The government lifted the blockade after the peace agreement.

Similar words: siege

Common phrases: naval blockade, impose a blockade, lift a blockade

An official or forceful restriction that cuts something off or prevents it from operating.

• The economic blockade damaged local businesses.
• They demanded an end to the financial blockade.
• The authorities imposed a blockade on trade with the region.

Similar words: restriction, embargo

Common phrases: economic blockade, financial blockade, legal blockade

The ships or soldiers that stop others from entering or leaving a place.

• Their ship sailed past the blockade.
• The blockade consisted of six warships.
• Additional vessels joined the blockade near the harbor.

Similar words: blockading forces

Common phrases: enemy blockade, naval blockade, breakthrough the blockade

The prevention of activity in substances or cell parts that carry chemical signals in the body.

• The drug produces receptor blockade.
• Beta blockade can slow the heart rate.
• Researchers measured the degree of blockade after each dose.

Similar words: inhibition

Common phrases: receptor blockade, beta blockade

To stop people, ships, or goods from entering or leaving a place, usually using armed forces.

• The navy will blockade the port.
• Soldiers blockaded the roads into the city.
• Warships have blockaded the island for weeks.

Similar words: block off, besiege

Common phrases: blockade a port, blockade the coast