blockaded

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
blockaded
    adj 1: preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a
           barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded
           harbor" [syn: {barricaded}, {barred}, {blockaded}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
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            Till storm and driving ice blockade him there.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
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            Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door.
                                                  --Pope.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blockaded \blockaded\ adj.
   having access obstructed by emplacement of a barrier, or by
   threat of force.

   Syn: barricaded, barred.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

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