Word
Blockade
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
block-ade
Definition
- 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.
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