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Found 3 hits - Term: blockaded, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blockade \blockade"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. blockaded; p. pr. 
   vb. n. blockading.
   1. 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. "blockaded the place by sea."
      --gilpin.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
      1913 webster

            till storm and driving ice blockade him there.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   3. to obstruct entrance to or egress from.
      1913 webster

            huge bales of british cloth blockade the door.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster
see also:
blockaded blockading blockade 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blockaded \blockaded\ adj.
   having access obstructed by emplacement of a barrier, or by
   threat of force.

   syn: barricaded, barred.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
blockaded
     adj : preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a
           barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded
           harbor" syn: barricaded, barred
see also:
barricaded barred 

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