blockade
/blɑˈkeɪd/ verb C2- To create a blockade against.
He/she/it blockades · Past blockaded · Past participle blockaded · -ing form blockading
Verb forms
- Base form
- blockade
- He/she/it
- blockades
- Past
- blockaded
- Past participle
- blockaded
- -ing form
- blockading
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He was blockaded in a tangled mess of vehicles and horses.
The oldest New Yorker among the thousands of spectators that lined the sidewalks had not witnessed a street blockade of the proportions of this one.
On their way to the theatre there was a street blockade, and it was two hours before their cab could get out of it.
And before they could continue the blockade occurred.
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