blockade

blockade

noun

Definition of BLOCKADE

the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies <it was the blockade of all the enemy's major ports that finally won the war>

Synonyms beleaguerment, investment, leaguer, siege

Related Words counterblockade; containment, encirclement, encompassment; confinement, insulation, isolation, quarantine, seclusion, segregation, sequestration; incarceration, internment