to blockade

Examples

• All

• When Ruiz set an early June deadline for the teachers' return to classes, the teachers blockaded highways and Oaxaca's international airport.

  Academic text (2008)

• The workers threatened to blockade the factory until their demands were met.

• We're blockaded in here now.

  Fiction book (1999)

• "Cut the jugular," blockade any shipment from Iran.

  Blog text (8)

• Protesters decided to blockade the road, preventing any cars from passing through.

• To express their dissatisfaction, the citizens blockaded the entrance to the government building.

Synonyms

B

to block

vsto blockade

∞ 3.0

To stop movement, access, or progress

is focused on hindering progress or achievement broadly

S

to suppress

vsto blockade

176 4.8

To stop public protest by force or by people in power

focuses on hindering or preventing progress without stressing force or authority

O

to obstruct

vsto blockade

119 5.1

To block a path or view

is about stopping progress generally rather than only physically getting in the way

T

to thwart

vsto blockade

87 7.4

To stop someone from doing what they want

is the general act of hindering or preventing, not necessarily successful opposition

H

to hinder

vsto blockade

75 3.6

To make it difficult for people or things to do something

often means to stop or fully prevent progress or completion

H

to hamper

vsto blockade

47 4.2

To make it harder for someone or something to move forward

tends to mean full prevention rather than partial difficulty

I

to impede

vsto blockade

35 6.5

To slow the progress or movement of people and things

focuses on hindering or stopping progress rather than only causing delay

S

to strangle

vsto blockade

33 6.7

To limit growth or activity so it cannot continue

is a general hindering action and may be less extreme in force

I

to inhibit

vsto blockade

30 5.4

Stop or make something less likely to happen

tends to mean direct hindering or prevention rather than just reducing likelihood

S

to stymy

vsto blockade

20 8.7

To stop someone from making progress toward a goal

is broader, applying to any hindrance of progress or accomplishment

R

to repress

vsto blockade

12 6.1

Stop a process or action from happening

is about hindering progress or accomplishment in general contexts

C

to choke off

vsto blockade

6 6.4

To stop a supply by blocking its source or flow

is broader, applying to hindering progress not only by cutting sources

S

to stymie

vsto blockade

5 8.0

To stop or slow progress

is a general term for hindering or stopping progress or accomplishment

B

to block up

vsto blockade

4 3.8

To stop movement through a road, pipe, or path

covers hindering progress or accomplishment in broader situations beyond passages

B

to bottleneck

vsto blockade

2 6.0

To become narrow and slow progress

usually means hindering or fully preventing progress rather than only slowing it

O

to obstruct someone's plans

vsto blockade

5.6

To stop someone on purpose from doing what they planned

is about hindering or preventing progress more generally, not only plans

Antonyms

P

to promote

566 3.2

Help something grow and become more successful

F

to facilitate

• Formal

187 4.9

To make a task or process easier and help it happen

Compounds

N

naval blockade

4 7.3

Using warships to stop ships from entering or leaving enemy ports

B

blockade-runner

1 9.9

A ship that sneaks past a naval blockade to bring supplies during war

M

military blockade

1 6.7

Soldiers or ships surround a place to stop supplies and force it to give up

How Effective

to stop

∞ 1.0

to blockade

1 6.1

to block

∞ 3.0

to obstruct

119 5.1

to hinder

75 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology