transcription, транскрипция: [ blɒkeɪd ]
( blockades, blockading, blockaded)
1.
A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
Striking lorry drivers agreed to lift their blockades of main roads...
...the economic blockade of Lithuania.
N-COUNT : oft N of n
2.
If a group of people blockade a place, they stop goods or people from reaching that place. If they blockade a road or a port, they stop people using that road or port.
Truck drivers have blockaded roads to show their anger over new driving regulations...
VERB : V n , also V-ed