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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blockade \Block*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blockaded}; p. pr & vb n. {Blockading}.] 1. To shut up as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under {Blockade}, n. ``Blockaded the place by sea.'' --Gilpin. 2. Hence to shut in so as to prevent egress. Till storm and driving ice blockade him there --Wordsworth. 3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blockading adj : blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors; "the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions"
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