Synonyms of blockading

blockading

verb

present participle of blockade

1

as in guarding

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

• guarding
• barricading
• closing (off)
• blocking (off)
• barring
• locking
• walling (off)
• obstructing
• screening (off)
• gating
• fencing
• hedging
• diking
• curtaining (off)
• bolting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opening
• reopening
• unblocking
• unbolting
• unbarring

2

as in besieging

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

• besieging
• attacking
• assaulting
• encircling
• blocking
• barricading
• laying siege to
• beleaguering
• leaguering
• investing
• isolating
• assailing
• cutting off
• confining
• damming
• insulating
• besetting
• quarantining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• releasing
• freeing
• rescuing
• liberating
• emancipating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blockading

The White House has time and again resorted to military force, striking boats in the Caribbean, kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, blockading Cuba, and waging war on Iran. — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026

On one side, legions of determined teenagers protesting for their future by blockading schools and taking part in marches that have sometimes spiraled into violence. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Anti-riot police officers face protesting students carrying out blockading action outside the secondary school Le Corbusier, in Aubervilliers, northern Paris on October 1, 2026. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Iran has tried to push world energy prices higher with attacks on the region's oil shipping routes; the United States, in turn, has aimed to wreck Iran's economy by blockading its ports since June and slapping it with increasingly tough sanctions. — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

That includes Yemen’s Houthi movement blockading Saudi Arabian maritime traffic near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

In July, Houthi forces began blockading the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the corridor linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, in response to renewed Saudi strikes on Yemen. — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

In December 2022, Baku began ramping up the pressure again, blockading Stepanakert by cutting off its sole road to Armenia, and cutting its gas pipelines and electricity cables. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

With just over 100 days until election day, the onetime border-blockading logger faces a steep fundraising climb, a sprawling statewide build-out and Maine’s pivotal role in Democrats’ bid for Senate control. — Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026