— blockader , n.
/blo kayd"/ , n. , v. , blockaded, blockading .
n.
1. the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
2. any obstruction of passage or progress: We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards.
3. Pathol. interruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse or a heart muscle-contraction impulse.
v.t.
4. to subject to a blockade.
[ 1670-80; BLOCK (V.) + -ADE 1 ]
Syn. 1. See siege .