Noun	1.	blockade - a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy encirclement military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" naval blockade - the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege - the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	2.	blockade - prevents access or progress impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment - any structure that makes progress difficult
Verb	1.	blockade - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" obstruct, stymie, stymy, block, embarrass, hinder stonewall - obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls" foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" filibuster - obstruct deliberately by delaying check - block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey hang - prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury bottleneck - slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"
	2.	blockade - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" barricade, block, block up, block off, bar, stop obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path" block off, close off, shut off - block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve" close - bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" obstruct, block - shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"
	3.	blockade - obstruct access to       block off obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path"
	4.	blockade - impose a blockade on seal off besiege, circumvent, hem in, beleaguer, surround - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"

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blokádablokovat

blokadeblokere

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hafnbann; herkvíloka, teppa; halda í kví/hafnbanni

blokáda

blokadablokiratizapora

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block

1. a flat-sided mass of wood or stone etc. blocks of stone.

2. a piece of wood used for certain purposes. a chopping-block.

3. a connected group of houses, offices etc. a block of flats; an office block.

5. (especially American) a group of buildings bounded by four streets. a walk round the block.

to make (progress) difficult or impossible. The crashed cars blocked the road.

something which blocks every approach to a place by land or sea.

The ships blockaded the town.

something causing a pipe etc to be blocked. a blockage in the pipe.

obstructed. I have a bad cold – my nose is blocked.

a capital letter written in imitation of printed type, eg the letters in NAME.

a stupid person.

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