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verb

past tense of blockade
1
as in guarded
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point the militant protestors blockaded the whole area around city hall

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2
as in besieged
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication blockaded the city until it surrendered

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Recent Examples of blockaded
Verb
Just a few months prior, Blackbeard and his small pirate flotilla had blockaded Charleston, South Carolina, for close to a week. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024 Military vehicles and local and state police blockaded the route into the town center. Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024 Gaza was already impoverished, overcrowded and largely inescapable, blockaded by Israel and Egypt for 17 years. Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockaded
Verb
  • The 23-year-old has guarded big men aplenty all season.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Major League Baseball franchises are guarded in so many ways.
    John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In recent months, the Kennedy Center has been besieged by performance cancelations both voluntary and involuntary.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
  • At the start of the invasion, Russian troops besieged the city, forcing residents to endure harsh winter conditions without electricity or water under constant shelling from Russian artillery, missiles and drones.
    Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As protesters attempted to stop the congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election, Babbitt was climbing through the broken window of a barricaded door to the Speaker’s Lobby when she was shot.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
  • Babbitt and several other rioters sought to break through the barricaded House chamber where lawmakers from both parties cowered in fear for their lives when Byrd shot her.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • As the graph below shows, Bournemouth have primarily attacked down their left flank this season, with the axis between Dean Huijsen at left centre-back, wing-back Kerkez and winger Antoine Semenyo proving crucial.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Canada attacked more fervently afterwards .
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But there’s also nobody better in the WSL at battling in midfield, making tackles, winning fouls and slaloming away from opponents in a congested midfield zone.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • This month’s incident renewed concerns about how the military and FAA coordinate operations in the congested airspace surrounding the airport after the deadly midair collision.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025

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“Blockaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockaded. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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