"blockade" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /blɑˈkeɪd/ [General-American], /blɒˈkeɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blockade.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blockades [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From block + -ade. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|block|ade}} block + -ade Head templates: {{en-noun}} blockade (plural blockades)
  1. The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out. Translations (physical blocking or surrounding of a place): saarto (Finnish), sulkeminen (Finnish), blokada [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-blockade-en-noun-DxEcGmYw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ade Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 13 11 30 13 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ade: 29 12 16 24 11 7 Disambiguation of 'physical blocking or surrounding of a place': 84 4 4 5 3
  2. (by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms. Tags: broadly Translations (isolation of something): bllokadë [feminine] (Albanian), حِصَار (ḥiṣār) [masculine] (Arabic), مُحَاصَرَة (muḥāṣara) [feminine] (Arabic), շրջափակում (šrǰapʿakum) (Armenian), blokada (Azerbaijani), mühasirə (Azerbaijani), блака́да (blakáda) [feminine] (Belarusian), блока́да (blokáda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bloqueig [masculine] (Catalan), 封鎖 (Chinese Mandarin), 封锁 (fēngsuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), blokáda [feminine] (Czech), blokade [common-gender] (Danish), blokkade [feminine] (Dutch), blokado (Esperanto), blokaad (Estonian), saarto (Finnish), sulku (Finnish), blocus [masculine] (French), ბლოკადა (bloḳada) (Georgian), Blockade [feminine] (German), αποκλεισμός (apokleismós) [masculine] (Greek), הֶסְגֵּר (hesger) [masculine] (Hebrew), नाकाबन्दी (nākābandī) [feminine] (Hindi), घेरा (gherā) [masculine] (Hindi), blokád (Hungarian), ostromzár (Hungarian), herkví [feminine] (Icelandic), blocco [masculine] (Italian), 封鎖 (fūsa) (alt: ふうさ) (Japanese), 遮断 (shadan) (alt: しゃだん) (Japanese), шектеме (şekteme) (Kazakh), блокада (blokada) (Kazakh), қамау (qamau) (Kazakh), қоршау (qorşau) (Kazakh), 봉쇄 (bongswae) (alt: 封鎖) (Korean), блокада (blokada) (Kyrgyz), obsidiō [feminine] (Latin), obsessiō [feminine] (Latin), blokāde [feminine] (Latvian), blokada [feminine] (Lithuanian), блока́да (blokáda) [feminine] (Macedonian), бүслэлт (büslelt) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠪᠦᠰᠡᠯᠡᠯᠲᠡ (büselelte) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), blokade [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blokade [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), محاصره (mahāsera) [feminine] (Pashto), محاصره (mohâsere) (Persian), blokada [feminine] (Polish), bloqueio (Portuguese), blocadă [feminine] (Romanian), blocare [feminine] (Romanian), blocaj [neuter] (Romanian), блока́да (blokáda) [feminine] (Russian), блока́да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), blokáda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), blokáda [feminine] (Slovak), blokada [feminine] (Slovene), bloqueo [masculine] (Spanish), blockad [common-gender] (Swedish), муҳосира (muhosira) (Tajik), муҳосара (muhosara) (Tajik), การปิดล้อม (gaan-bpìt-lɔ́ɔm) (Thai), abluka (Turkish), muhasara (Turkish), blokada (Turkmen), блока́да (blokáda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), گھِیرا (gherā) [masculine] (Urdu), محاصرہ (muhāsara) (Urdu), blokada (Uzbek), muhosara (Uzbek), sự bao vây (Vietnamese), sự phong tỏa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-blockade-en-noun-WhO~GEZo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ade Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 13 11 30 13 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ade: 29 12 16 24 11 7 Disambiguation of 'isolation of something': 11 62 4 21 2
  3. (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (nautical: ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade): saartojoukot [plural] (Finnish), הֶסְגֵּר יַמִּי (hesgér yamí) [masculine] (Hebrew), blokada [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-blockade-en-noun-2zJtRgse Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ade Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 13 11 30 13 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ade: 29 12 16 24 11 7 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade': 5 3 85 4 3
  4. (biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism. Categories (topical): Biology, Medicine Synonyms (inhibition via medication): antagonism, receptor antagonism
    Sense id: en-blockade-en-noun-LBg9LC7Y Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ade Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 13 11 30 13 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ade: 29 12 16 24 11 7 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'inhibition via medication': 9 37 1 49 3
  5. (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it. Categories (topical): Chess Translations (chess: preventing opponent's pawn): esto (Finnish), blokkaus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-blockade-en-noun-x8Xlj4gm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ade Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 13 11 30 13 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ade: 29 12 16 24 11 7 Topics: board-games, chess, games Disambiguation of "chess: preventing opponent's pawn": 12 4 6 10 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (blocking seaport activity): embargo (english: often metonymically synonymous) Derived forms: beta blockade, blockade crown, blockade runner, blockade whiskey, Coulomb blockade, immunoblockade Related terms: blockage (english: nearly synonymous, but not interchangeably; blockade usually denotes human agency), blocker (alt: e.g., alpha-blocker, beta-blocker)
Disambiguation of 'blocking seaport activity': 37 10 8 37 7

Verb

IPA: /blɑˈkeɪd/ [General-American], /blɒˈkeɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blockade.wav [Southern-England] Forms: blockades [present, singular, third-person], blockading [participle, present], blockaded [participle, past], blockaded [past]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From block + -ade. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|block|ade}} block + -ade Head templates: {{en-verb}} blockade (third-person singular simple present blockades, present participle blockading, simple past and past participle blockaded)
  1. (transitive) To create a blockade against. Tags: transitive Translations (to create a blockade against): πολιορκέω (poliorkéō) (Ancient Greek), շրջափակել (šrǰapʿakel) (Armenian), блакірава́ць (blakiravácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), блякава́ць (bljakavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), блоки́рам (blokíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), bloquejar (Catalan), 封鎖 (Chinese Mandarin), 封锁 (fēngsuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), blokovat [imperfective] (Czech), zablokovat [perfective] (Czech), saartaa (Finnish), bloquer (French), obstruer (French), blockieren (German), sperren (German), αποκλείω (apokleío) (Greek), 封鎖する (fūsa suru) (alt: ふうさする) (Japanese), камоо кама (kamoo) (Kyrgyz), circumsedeo (Latin), blokować [imperfective] (Polish), bloquear (Portuguese), bloca (Romanian), блоки́ровать (blokírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), заблоки́ровать (zablokírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), blokovať [imperfective] (Slovak), zablokovať [perfective] (Slovak), blockera (Swedish), spärra (Swedish), ปิดล้อม (bpìt-lɔ́ɔm) (Thai), блокува́ти (blokuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-blockade-en-verb-eI-tb4v1

Inflected forms

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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "word": "ostromzár"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "isolation of something",
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          "alt": "ふうさ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fūsa",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "word": "封鎖"
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        {
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          "alt": "しゃだん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shadan",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "word": "遮断"
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        {
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şekteme",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "word": "шектеме"
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        {
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "blokada",
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        {
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qamau",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "word": "қамау"
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        {
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qorşau",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "word": "қоршау"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "封鎖",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bongswae",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "word": "봉쇄"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "blokada",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "word": "блокада"
        },
        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "obsidiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 62 4 21 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "obsessiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 62 4 21 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "blokāde"
        },
        {
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "blokada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 62 4 21 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "blokáda",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "блока́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 62 4 21 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "büslelt",
          "sense": "isolation of something",
          "tags": [
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}
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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ade",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "beta blockade"
    },
    {
      "word": "blockade crown"
    },
    {
      "word": "blockade runner"
    },
    {
      "word": "blockade whiskey"
    },
    {
      "word": "Coulomb blockade"
    },
    {
      "word": "immunoblockade"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "block",
        "3": "ade"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From block + -ade.",
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    {
      "form": "blockades",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
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    {
      "english": "nearly synonymous, but not interchangeably; blockade usually denotes human agency",
      "word": "blockage"
    },
    {
      "alt": "e.g., alpha-blocker, beta-blocker",
      "word": "blocker"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2019 October, Philip Sherratt, “Midland Main Line upgrade presses on”, in Modern Railways, page 62",
          "text": "A six-day blockade from 28 May to 2 June saw NR [National Rail] straighten the track through the station, facilitating a linespeed increase from 60mph to 85mph over a 4km stretch.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out."
      ],
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        [
          "port",
          "port"
        ],
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "commerce",
          "commerce"
        ],
        [
          "traffic",
          "traffic"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms."
      ],
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        [
          "isolation",
          "isolation"
        ],
        [
          "inhibition",
          "inhibition#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
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        "The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade."
      ],
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        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "ship",
          "ship"
        ],
        [
          "forces",
          "forces"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "en:Biology",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "beta-blockade",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "Inhibition",
          "inhibition#English"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity#English"
        ],
        [
          "chemical messengers",
          "chemical messenger#English"
        ],
        [
          "receptors",
          "receptor#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology, medicine) Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Chess"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/blɑˈkeɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blɒˈkeɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "english": "often metonymically synonymous",
      "sense": "blocking seaport activity",
      "word": "embargo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "inhibition via medication",
      "word": "antagonism"
    },
    {
      "sense": "inhibition via medication",
      "word": "receptor antagonism"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physical blocking or surrounding of a place",
      "word": "saarto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physical blocking or surrounding of a place",
      "word": "sulkeminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physical blocking or surrounding of a place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bllokadë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥiṣār",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حِصَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muḥāṣara",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُحَاصَرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šrǰapʿakum",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "շրջափակում"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "blokada"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "mühasirə"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "blakáda",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блака́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blokáda",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блока́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bloqueig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "封鎖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēngsuǒ",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "封锁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokáda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blokade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokkade"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "blokado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "blokaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "saarto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "sulku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blocus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bloḳada",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "ბლოკადა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Blockade"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apokleismós",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αποκλεισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hesger",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הֶסְגֵּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nākābandī",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "नाकाबन्दी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gherā",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "घेरा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "blokád"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "ostromzár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "herkví"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blocco"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふうさ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fūsa",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "封鎖"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゃだん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shadan",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "遮断"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şekteme",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "шектеме"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "blokada",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "блокада"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qamau",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "қамау"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qorşau",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "қоршау"
    },
    {
      "alt": "封鎖",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bongswae",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "봉쇄"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "blokada",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "блокада"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obsidiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obsessiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokāde"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokada"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "blokáda",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блока́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "büslelt",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бүслэлт"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "büselelte",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠪᠦᠰᠡᠯᠡᠯᠲᠡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blokade"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blokade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "mahāsera",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "محاصره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mohâsere",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "محاصره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "bloqueio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blocadă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blocare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "blocaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blokáda",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блока́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блока́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokáda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokáda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bloqueo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blockad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muhosira",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "муҳосира"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muhosara",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "муҳосара"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-bpìt-lɔ́ɔm",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "การปิดล้อม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "abluka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "muhasara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "blokada"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "blokáda",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "блока́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gherā",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "گھِیرا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muhāsara",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "محاصرہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "blokada"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "muhosara"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "sự bao vây"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "isolation of something",
      "word": "sự phong tỏa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nautical: ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "saartojoukot"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hesgér yamí",
      "sense": "nautical: ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הֶסְגֵּר יַמִּי"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nautical: ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blokada"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chess: preventing opponent's pawn",
      "word": "esto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chess: preventing opponent's pawn",
      "word": "blokkaus"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "blockade"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ade",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "block",
        "3": "ade"
      },
      "expansion": "block + -ade",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From block + -ade.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blockades",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blockading",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blockaded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blockaded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blockade (third-person singular simple present blockades, present participle blockading, simple past and past participle blockaded)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52",
          "text": "On January 5 1969, residents blockaded the level crossing at Newcastleton, ahead of the final passenger train. It was only after the then-local MP David (now Lord) Steel had alighted from the St Pancras-bound Sleeper service and negotiated their dispersal (in return for the release without charge of one of the protest organisers, Reverend Brydon Maben) that the train was allowed on its way.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To create a blockade against."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To create a blockade against."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blɑˈkeɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/blɒˈkeɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blockade.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blockade.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blockade.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blockade.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blockade.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šrǰapʿakel",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "շրջափակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "blakiravácʹ",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "блакірава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bljakavácʹ",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "блякава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blokíram",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "блоки́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "bloquejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "封鎖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēngsuǒ",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "封锁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "blokovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zablokovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "saartaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "bloquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "obstruer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "blockieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "sperren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apokleío",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "αποκλείω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "poliorkéō",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "πολιορκέω"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふうさする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fūsa suru",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "封鎖する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kamoo",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "камоо кама"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "circumsedeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "blokować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "bloquear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "bloca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blokírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "блоки́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zablokírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заблоки́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "blokovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zablokovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "blockera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "spärra"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpìt-lɔ́ɔm",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "word": "ปิดล้อม"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "blokuváty",
      "sense": "to create a blockade against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "блокува́ти"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "blockade"
  ],
  "word": "blockade"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kama vs. kamoo",
  "path": [
    "blockade"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "blockade",
  "trace": ""
}

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