Word Meanings - BLOCKADE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy. Note: Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with ships

Additional info about word: BLOCKADE

1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy. Note: Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing power must be able to apply its force to every point of practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port where its force can not be brought to bear. Kent. 2. An obstruction to passage. To raise a blockade. See under Raise.

Related words: (words related to BLOCKADE)

• TROOPSHIP
  A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.
• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• PURPOSELESS
  Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• PURPOSE
  1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer.
• PREVENTABLE
  Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
• PREVENTINGLY
  So as to prevent or hinder.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• PREVENT
  1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow
• PLACER
  One who places or sets. Spenser.
• SHUTTLEWISE
  Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.
• PLACE
  Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
• EGRESS
  The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit. (more info) 1. The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland. Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us,
• PREVENTABILITY
  The quality or state of being preventable.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• INAPPLICABILITY
  The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.
• COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
  1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like