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as in guarded
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
the militant protestors blockaded the whole area around city hall
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as in besieged
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication
blockaded the city until it surrendered
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Recent Examples of blockaded
Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
As the attack unfolded, congregants blockaded themselves inside the synagogue, keeping Al-Shamie outside.
—Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet blockaded Ukrainian ports, occupied Snake Island, and threatened Odessa, the country’s main coastal city.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
By the late 1940s, concerns shifted toward the threat posed by the Soviet Union, which stationed large military forces across Eastern Europe, staged a coup in Czechoslovakia and blockaded Berlin.
—John Deni, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The education ministry said around 100 schools were disrupted and 27 fully blockaded.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Just a few months prior, Blackbeard and his small pirate flotilla had blockaded Charleston, South Carolina, for close to a week.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Military vehicles and local and state police blockaded the route into the town center.
—Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Gaza was already impoverished, overcrowded and largely inescapable, blockaded by Israel and Egypt for 17 years.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Israel has blockaded the water around Gaza, preventing boats and ships from delivering humanitarian aid.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
As the attack unfolded, congregants blockaded themselves inside the synagogue, keeping Al-Shamie outside.
—Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2025
Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet blockaded Ukrainian ports, occupied Snake Island, and threatened Odessa, the country’s main coastal city.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
By the late 1940s, concerns shifted toward the threat posed by the Soviet Union, which stationed large military forces across Eastern Europe, staged a coup in Czechoslovakia and blockaded Berlin.
—John Deni, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The education ministry said around 100 schools were disrupted and 27 fully blockaded.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Just a few months prior, Blackbeard and his small pirate flotilla had blockaded Charleston, South Carolina, for close to a week.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Military vehicles and local and state police blockaded the route into the town center.
—Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Gaza was already impoverished, overcrowded and largely inescapable, blockaded by Israel and Egypt for 17 years.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockaded
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Attempting to block out everything off the court and focusing on basketball seems to be a strategy filtering down from Splitter who remained guarded in his press conference after the game when asked about Billups.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Quan additionally recalled how the Inferno ship was kept secret from the cast and that the door to the set was guarded by security so the actors couldn’t sneak in.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Made in Italy is besieged, and action must be taken to safeguard the local supply chain and its reputation.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Since its municipal establishment in 2018, Roku City has been a metropolis intermittently besieged by mythical creatures including a kraken, a big robot, and a Godzilla-like kaiju.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On August 22, she was attacked while on a Charlotte light train in what police described as an unprovoked stabbing.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Ruben Amorim’s men attacked with precision and purpose at Old Trafford.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Concertgoers fluttered around the building, staying away from the barricaded stairs leading up to the upstairs balcony, which is inaccessible.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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Students returning for the first day of classes this week gathered silently near the barricaded courtyard where Kirk was fatally shot while speaking to students.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Because when your shipment is stuck at a congested port or caught in a tariff dispute, nothing else matters—only the cargo.—
Vitalii Savryha,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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The initial stretch spans four congested, wreck-prone miles of Interstate 85, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Oct. 2025
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Gone were the giant inflated Brown statues that appeared during recent Breezy Bowl shows (and at his Tycoon Music Festival appearance here in April), which prompted concertgoer complaints about obstructed views.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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This combination of liquid exfoliants gently boosts cell turnover and remove clogged pores; while, tea tree leaf water hydrate and soothes.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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In Alzheimer’s, this transport system often becomes clogged or degraded.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Blockaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockaded. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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