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Verb
/bläˈkād/,
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blockades, plural;
  1. Seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving

Noun
  1. An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
    • - the army has imposed an economic blockade
  2. Anything that prevents access or progress
    • - the police pulled down blockades on the highway
  3. An obstruction of a physiological or mental function, esp. of a biochemical receptor

  1. (blockade) obstruct: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
  2. (blockade) a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
  3. (blockade) barricade: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
  4. (blockade) obstruct access to
  5. impose a blockade on
  6. (blockaded) barricaded: preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor"
  7. A blockade is an effort to cut off food, supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally. ...
  8. (Blockade (arcade game)) Blockade is a maze arcade game released by Gremlin in 1976. Each player moves their character around leaving a solid line behind them, turning at 90 degree angles. To win you must last longer than your opponent before hitting something. ...
  9. (Blockade (board game)) Blockade is a "the Beat the Barrier" board game for two players, invented by Mirko Marchesi and published by Lakeside in 1975. The newer strategy game Quoridor shares many of the same characteristics as Blockade.
  10. (Blockade (chess)) This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. ...
  11. (Blockade (novel)) Blockade is a 1998 novel written by Derek Hansen about logging in Australia.
  12. (Blockade (solitaire)) Blockade is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. Akin to solitaire games like Klondike and Gargantua, the object of the game is play the cards into the eight foundations.
  13. (blockade) The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out; By extension, any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms; The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade; ...
  14. (Blockade) A series of blocks arranged to prevent escape of the opponent's runners. The ideal blockade is a prime.
  15. (BLOCKADE) international law. The actual investment of a port or place by a hostile force fully competent to cut off all communication therewith, so arranged or disposed as to be able to apply its force to every point of practicable access or approach to the port or place so invested.
  16. (BLOCKADE) Union warships blocked the southern coast, cutting off trade and supplies from port cities
  17. (Blockade) 6 or more consecutive points, occupied by two or more checkers (men), which prevent an opponent’s checkers from advancing, thus halting their progress.
  18. (Blockade) A militarily enforced interference with a country's trade, usually by naval forces preventing access to its ports.
  19. (Blockade) A piece that is not frozen, and yet still unable to move is blockaded. This occurs when it is surrounded by pieces that it cannot push out of the way. See also Frame.
  20. (Blockade) A situation where a piece or a pawn is prevented from advancing by an opposing piece or pawn.
  21. (Blockade) A strategic placement of a minor piece directly in front of an enemy pawn, where it restrains the pawn's advance and gains shelter from attack. Blockading pieces are often overprotected.
  22. (Blockade) An interdiction of international shipments to or from a particular port or country by the military forces of another country .Any nation seeking to impose a blockade must proclaim its intention to do so in order for the action to be valid under international law. ...
  23. (Blockade) Conceptualized and popularized by Aron Nimzovich (1886-1935), it refers to the tying down (immobilization) of an enemy pawn by placing a piece (in particular a Knight) directly in front of it.
  24. (Blockade) The act of placing a piece in the path of a "passed pawn" to keep it from promoting.
  25. (Blockade) The closing of an area to keep people and/or supplies from going in and out.