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

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

Britain responded with a war-footing, blockading the Bay of Naples. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 15 June 2026

In 2003 and 2005, demonstrators blockading La Paz in protest over foreign designs on their country's natural gas reserves toppled two pro-Western governments, paving the way for the rise of former President Evo Morales, the founder of MAS. — ABC News, 27 May 2026

Iran had to shut in its own wells this month after the United States started blockading the strait. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 27 May 2026

But Iran is blockading the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026