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blockade

Blockade is a 8 letter word which starts with the letter B and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(v. t.) The shutting up of a place by troops or ships with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress or the reception of supplies; as the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
(v. t.) An obstruction to passage.
(v. t. ) 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.
(n.) Hence to shut in so as to prevent egress.
(n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.

Syllable Information

The word blockade is a 8 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for blockade is: block-ade


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