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blockaded

block·ade
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [blo-keyd]
    • /blɒˈkeɪd/
    • /blɒˈkeɪdɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [blo-keyd]
    • /blɒˈkeɪd/

Definitions of blockaded word

  • noun blockaded the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit. 1
  • noun blockaded any obstruction of passage or progress: We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards. 1
  • noun blockaded Pathology. interruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse or a heart muscle–contraction impulse. 1
  • verb with object blockaded to subject to a blockade. 1
  • verb blockaded simple past tense and past participle of blockade. 0

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Origin of blockaded

First appearance:

before 1670
One of the 47% oldest English words
1670-80; block (in the sense “to create obstacles”) + -ade1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Blockaded

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

blockaded popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for blockaded

adj blockaded

  • lonely — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
  • remote — far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
  • uninhabited — having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on: an inhabited island.
  • cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
  • quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.

verb blockaded

  • block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
  • lock — a tress, curl, or ringlet of hair.
  • plug — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
  • clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
  • secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.

Antonyms for blockaded

adj blockaded

  • inhabited — having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on: an inhabited island.
  • unreserved — not restricted; without reservation; full; entire; unqualified: unreserved approval.
  • friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
  • sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
  • populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.

verb blockaded

  • unlock — to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
  • unblock — to remove a block or obstruction from: to unblock a channel; to unblock a person's credit.
  • loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
  • release — to lease again.
  • unseal — to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed: to unseal a letter; to unseal a tomb.

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