blockading
Sealing the port
Blockading is the act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Naval forces blockade ports during wartime; protesters blockade entrances to buildings.
The word emphasizes ongoing action: The navy was blockading the harbor when negotiations began.
Someone actively engaged in such an operation is blockading.
Obstacle blocking a path
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- checkpointInspection station on route
- cordonEncircling line restricting access
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
impediment · obstruct · impede · hamper · hinder · restrict · seal off · close off
Official prohibition on trade
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
- maritimeOf the sea
- fleetVehicles under unified command
warships · patrol · contraband · smuggling · privateers · cruisers · harbors · ports
Surround to force surrender
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
assault · artillery · trenches · fortification · capitulation · surrender · breach · attrition
Surrounding enemy forces completely
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- isolationComplete separation from others
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
- pressureForce upon contact
coercion · ultimatum · negotiation · capitulation · psychological warfare · strangulation · cutoff · denial
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- trade restrictionsBarriers limiting international exchange
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- boycottOrganized economic protest
coercion · pressure · isolation · deprivation · shortages · rationing · smuggling · contraband
barricade
Obstacle blocking a path
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- checkpointInspection station on route
- cordonEncircling line restricting access
barrier · impediment · obstruct · impede · hamper · hinder · restrict · seal off · close off · perimeter
embargo
Official prohibition on trade
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
- maritimeOf the sea
fleet · warships · patrol · contraband · smuggling · privateers · cruisers · harbors · ports · shipping
besiege
Surround to force surrender
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
bombardment · assault · artillery · trenches · fortification · capitulation · surrender · breach · attrition · siegecraft
encirclement
Surrounding enemy forces completely
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- isolationComplete separation from others
- attritionGradual reduction through loss
pressure · coercion · ultimatum · negotiation · capitulation · psychological warfare · strangulation · cutoff · denial · exhaustion
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- trade restrictionsBarriers limiting international exchange
- tariffsTaxes on imports
boycott · coercion · pressure · isolation · deprivation · shortages · rationing · smuggling · contraband · black market
- eco-activismdirect action, eco-sabotage, eco-warriors, ecodefense, ecoterrorism
- fortifyingfortifying, reinforcing, barricading, shoring up, buttressing
blockadingrelieving
Reducing discomfort or strain
liberating · resupplying · evacuating · breaking through · supplying
blockadingpermitting
Giving consent or authorization
allowing · authorizing · permissive · welcoming · inviting
block, blocking, blockage, blocks, blockade, blockhead, blockers, blockages, blockhouse