Webster's English Dictionary

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blockade

1. block.ade \bla:-'ka-d\ n often attrib  1: a measure of war consisting of 
   the isolation by a belligerent of a parti cular area vital to the interests 
   of an enemy through deployment of armed forces so as to effectively hamper 
   ingress and egress; broadly : any restrictive measure designed to obstruct 
   the commerce and communications of an unfriendly nation 2: something that 
   constitutes an obstacle 
2. blockade vt : to subject to a blockade  - block.ad.er n