(~s, blockading, ~d)
1.
A ~ 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 ~s of main roads...
...the economic ~ of Lithuania.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
2.
If a group of people ~ a place, they stop goods or people from reaching that place. If they ~ a road or a port, they stop people using that road or port.
Truck drivers have ~d roads to show their anger over new driving regulations...
VERB: V n, also V-ed