Synonyms of blockades

blockades 1 of 2

noun

plural of blockade

as in sieges

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 & Similar Words

• sieges
• investments
• leaguers
• segregations
• sequestrations
• isolations
• insulations
• encirclements
• beleaguerments
• seclusions
• quarantines
• containments
• counterblockades
• internments
• confinements
• encompassments
• incarcerations

blockades

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of blockade

1

as in guards

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guards
• barricades
• blocks (off)
• walls (off)
• closes (off)
• gates
• bars
• fences
• curtains (off)
• locks
• hedges
• dikes
• obstructs
• screens (off)
• bolts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opens
• unbars
• reopens
• unblocks
• unbolts

2

as in besieges

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• besieges
• attacks
• assaults
• barricades
• encircles
• blocks
• lays siege to
• beleaguers
• leaguers
• dams
• cuts off
• invests
• quarantines
• confines
• isolates
• assails
• besets
• insulates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• releases
• rescues
• frees
• liberates
• emancipates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blockades

Noun

Now in its fourth week, the nationwide movement to highlight teacher shortages, classroom overcrowding and the dilapidation of facilities has involved marches, blockades of hundreds of schools and, in some cases, clashes with police. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026

From there, class strikes, blockades and demonstrations spread to other Paris suburbs and then nationwide, even in smaller towns. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Nearby, elite engineering school Mines Paris was also disrupted by blockades. — Makini Brice, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

At the blockades, Palestinian flags have been as common as tricolores. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

Students are gathering and blocking access near the School of Political Science, while other students are joining the high school student protest movement and the blockades at high schools in Paris, Ile-de-France, France, on October 7, 2026. — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

On Wednesday, more than 500 educational institutions were due to be partially or fully closed because of blockades – a 41% decrease from Tuesday, according to the education ministry. — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Protests have since expanded across the country, and on Monday, blockades affected some 500 largely public high schools, about 10 percent of the lycées in France. — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

The latest violence marks a sharp escalation from the unrestt reported by Fox News Digital Thursday, when hundreds had been arrested as school blockades and clashes spread across the country. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Verb

There's no question that the United States has a credible threat of force, but the blockade really blockades ourselves as well as Iran. — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026

As the United States military blockades the Strait of Hormuz fuel prices rose above $100 dollars a barrel. — Contessa Brewer,dawn Giel, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026

His death sparked civil unrest in Puerto Vallarta and more than a dozen Mexican states, including Quintana Roo, with cars set on fire and blockades obstructing highways. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026

Road blockades, traffic slowdowns and other protests were widespread – from the southern port city of Marseille to Lille and Caen in the north, and from Nantes and Rennes in the west to Grenoble and Lyon in the southeast. — Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025