Word Meaning

Meaning of "blockade" and the crossword clue

- Obstruct
- Obstruct passage
- Obstruction in a pipe
- 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.
- An obstruction to passage.
- 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.
- Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
- To obstruct entrance to or egress from.