Antonyms for blockaded


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : blo-keyd
Phonetic Transcription : blɒˈkeɪd


Definition of blockaded

Origin :
  • mid-17c., from block (v.) + -ade, false French ending (the French word is blocus, 18c. in this sense, which seems to be in part a back-formation from the verb bloquer and in part influenced by Middle Dutch blokhuus "blockhouse").
  • As in secluded : adj isolated, sheltered
  • As in impassable : adj closed
  • As in screened : adj secluded
  • As in picket : verb protest against, for cause
  • As in raid : verb attack, pillage
  • As in seclude : verb isolate, hide
  • As in bar : verb secure, usually with a length of material
  • As in shut off/shut out : verb exclude; screen
  • As in barricade : verb block, usually to protect
  • As in surround : verb enclose, encircle something
  • As in beleaguer : verb harass, besiege
  • As in besiege : verb surround; assault
  • As in block : verb obstruct
  • As in shut out : verb exclude
  • As in mew : verb enclose
  • As in sequestrate : verb seclude
  • As in compass : verb enclose
  • As in enclose : verb put inside, surround
  • As in gird : verb encircle; strengthen
Example sentences :
  • It had been blockaded for months with its keel out of water.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Her enemies had supposed that she was exhausted by the war, and our ships were blockaded at Mitylene.
  • Extract from : « Menexenus » by Plato
  • Their crime was high treason against Medina while it was blockaded.
  • Extract from : « A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd' » by Moulavi Gergh Ali
  • The State of Yucatan was not assisting in the war and did not need to be blockaded.
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
  • The Houses of Parliament were blockaded by the Spitalfields weavers.
  • Extract from : « Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • Was I to be blockaded from my clothes all the rest of the afternoon?
  • Extract from : « The Land of Thor » by J. Ross Browne
  • It was not pretended that they would be blockaded effectively.
  • Extract from : « Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 » by Alfred Thayer Mahan
  • As yet the three travellers were ignorant that the place was blockaded by the guerilla of Arroyo.
  • Extract from : « The Tiger Hunter » by Mayne Reid
  • All the famous shops on the Boulevards had been blockaded for more than a week.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete » by John Forster
  • He had no ship of war at his disposal, and he feared that Dublin might be blockaded.
  • Extract from : « Ireland under the Tudors, Volume I (of II) » by Richard Bagwell

Synonyms for blockaded

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