BLOCKADED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blockaded mean? 

• BLOCKADED (adjective)
  The adjective BLOCKADED has 1 sense:

1. preventing entry or exit or a course of action

  Familiarity information: BLOCKADED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOCKADED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Preventing entry or exit or a course of action

Synonyms:

barred; barricaded; blockaded

Context example:

the blockaded harbor

Similar:

obstructed (shut off to passage or view or hindered from action)

 Context examples 

But Mr. Fowler being a persevering man, as a good seaman should be, blockaded the house, and having met you succeeded by certain arguments, metallic or otherwise, in convincing you that your interests were the same as his.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)