Thesaurus / blockading
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synonyms for blockading
- assault
- blockade
- bomb
- bombard
- harass
- invade
- loot
- overrun
- plunder
- ransack
- rob
- storm
- strafe
- swoop
- assail
- breach
- charge
- despoil
- devastate
- forage
- foray
- harry
- heat
- inroad
- maraud
- pirate
- rake
- rifle
- sack
- sally
- shell
- slough
- strike
- sweep
- torpedo
- waste
- break in
- descend on
- fall upon
- fire on
- knock off
- knock over
- lean against
- lean on
- march on
- sally forth
- spoliate
- tip over
- cloister
- ostracize
- sequester
- blockade
- boycott
- closet
- conceal
- confine
- cover
- embargo
- enclose
- evict
- immure
- quarantine
- retire
- screen
- segregate
- separate
- withdraw
- shut off
- block
- barricade
- blockade
- bolt
- caulk
- clog
- close
- dam
- deadbolt
- dike
- fasten
- fence
- jam
- latch
- lock
- plug
- seal
- secure
- trammel
- wall
- bar
- beleaguer
- blockade
- block out
- close
- conceal
- cover
- debar
- discontinue
- evict
- fence off
- hide
- keep out
- lock out
- mask
- obstruct
- ostracize
- refuse
- seclude
- shroud
- veil
- besiege
- circle
- envelop
- hem in
- inundate
- ring
- beleaguer
- beset
- blockade
- border
- bound
- circumscribe
- circumvent
- compass
- confine
- edge
- enclave
- encompass
- environ
- fringe
- gird
- girdle
- invest
- limit
- loop
- margin
- outline
- rim
- round
- skirt
- verge
- box in
- close around
- close in
- close in on
- fence in
- go around
- lay siege to
- shut in
- annoy
- bedevil
- beset
- plague
- badger
- blockade
- bother
- gnaw
- harry
- nag
- persecute
- pester
- storm
- tease
- vex
- worry
- put upon
- set upon
- siege
- beleaguer
- beset
- blockade
- encircle
- hem in
- trap
- assail
- attack
- confine
- congregate
- encompass
- environ
- invest
- come at from all sides
- lay siege to
- shut in
- work on
- work over
- arrest
- bar
- blockade
- clog
- close
- close off
- cut off
- deter
- halt
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- intercept
- prevent
- stall
- stop
- thwart
- barricade
- brake
- catch
- charge
- check
- choke
- congest
- dam
- dead-end
- fill
- occlude
- plug
- stonewall
- stopper
- stymie
- tackle
- block out
- close out
- hang up
- interfere with
- shut off
- shut out
- stop up
- take out of play
- bar
- beleaguer
- blockade
- block out
- close
- conceal
- cover
- debar
- discontinue
- evict
- fence off
- hide
- keep out
- lock out
- mask
- obstruct
- ostracize
- refuse
- screen
- seclude
- shroud
- shut off
- veil
- blockade
- bound
- cage
- circle
- circumscribe
- confine
- coop
- corral
- cover
- encase
- encircle
- encompass
- enfold
- enshroud
- environ
- fence
- hedge
- imbue
- immure
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- include
- induct
- insert
- intern
- jail
- limit
- pen
- restrict
- veil
- wall
- wrap
- block off
- box up
- close in
- fence off
- hem in
- lock in
- lock up
- mure
- set apart
- shut in
- shut up
- wall in
- blockade
- boycott
- cloister
- closet
- conceal
- confine
- cover
- embargo
- enclose
- evict
- immure
- ostracize
- quarantine
- retire
- screen
- segregate
- separate
- sequester
- withdraw
- shut off
- beset
- besiege
- blockade
- circle
- circumscribe
- encircle
- encompass
- environ
- gird
- girdle
- ring
- round
- surround
- hem in
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- encompass
- hem in
- insert
- wrap
- blockade
- bound
- cage
- circle
- circumscribe
- confine
- corral
- cover
- enfold
- enshroud
- environ
- fence
- hedge
- imbue
- immure
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- include
- induct
- intern
- jail
- limit
- mew
- pen
- restrict
- veil
- box up
- close in
- coop
- fence off
- lock in
- lock up
- mure
- set apart
- shut in
- wall in
- brace
- band
- belt
- bind
- block
- blockade
- bolster
- buttress
- circle
- enclose
- encompass
- enfold
- environ
- fasten
- fortify
- girdle
- pen
- prepare
- ready
- reinforce
- ring
- round
- secure
- steel
- support
- surround
- cincture
- hem in
- make ready
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How to use blockading in a sentence
Others were retaken by the English blockading squadrons, who received then one eighth for salvage.
NEWTON FORSTERCAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYATOff Charleston we passed through the blockading fleet, which was gayly decorated in honor of the taking of Fort Fisher.
THE BOYS OF '61CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN.They are not blockading Genoa, he said, but simply occupying the station best suited to intercept a contraband trade.
THE LIFE OF NELSON, VOL. I (OF 2)A. T. (ALFRED THAYER) MAHANWith British ships practically blockading the coast, he saw that to try to escape was hopeless.
NAPOLEON'S YOUNG NEIGHBORHELEN LEAH REEDThe blockading fleet, however, held its position, and on September 3d opened fire again in the last of its assaults.
HISTORIC ADVENTURESRUPERT S. HOLLANDThe difficulty of blockading Toulon was now increased by the failure of provisions.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXLII. VOL. LV. APRIL, 1844VARIOUSShortly after the Americans abandoned the attack, the blockading (p. 598) squadron got under way and stood down the bay.
THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATESWILLIS J. ABBOT.The night of the 14th of January was dark and foggy, and the blockading fleet was nowhere to be seen.
THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATESWILLIS J. ABBOT.For years after this, the sounds were occupied by a small squadron of the United States navy, mainly blockading cruisers.
THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATESWILLIS J. ABBOT.Immediately upon his joining the navy, he was assigned to duty with the blockading squadron on the Atlantic coast.
THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATESWILLIS J. ABBOT.