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Blockade :: Blockade (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.

Blockade :: Blockade (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..

Blockader :: Blockader (n.) One who blockades.

Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade..

Blockade :: Blockade (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress..

Blockader :: Blockader (n.) A vessel employed in blockading.

Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..

Blockaded :: Blockaded (imp. & p. p.) of Blockad.

Blockade :: Blockade (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..

Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade..

Beleaguer :: Beleaguer (v. t.) To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) An obstruction to passage.

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