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Definition of BLOCKADE
Blockade Blockade Block*ade", n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See Block, v. t.
]
1. 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.
Note: Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with
ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment
by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing
power must be able to apply its force to every point of
practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to
attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port
where its force can not be brought to bear. --Kent.
2. An obstruction to passage.
To raise a blockade. See under Raise.
Blockade Blockade Block*ade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blockaded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blockading.]
1. 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. ``Blockaded the place by sea.'
--Gilpin.
2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
Till storm and driving ice blockade him there.
--Wordsworth.
3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door.
--Pope.
