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 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.”
 2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
    Till storm and driving ice blockade him there.   --Wordsworth.
 3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
    Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door.   --Pope.
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 blockaded
      adj : preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a
            barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded
            harbor" [syn: barricaded, barred]