BLOCKADED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in blocked

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verb

past tense of blockade

as in guarded

to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point the militant protestors blockaded the whole area around city hall

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as in besieged

to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication blockaded the city until it surrendered

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Adjective

Prices have continued to decline since both sides signed an interim peace deal that agreed to reopen the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, which is used to transport around 20% of the world’s oil. — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Also Sunday, six people, including Bolivian Air Force officers, were killed in the crash of a light aircraft that had been conducting aerial patrols over a blockaded highway. — ABC News, 21 June 2026 Goldman Sachs estimated that Qatar could see its GDP plunge by 14%, citing its lack of alternative export channels to the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Australia, which relies directly or indirectly on the blockaded Strait of Hormuz for much of its energy imports, has halved fuel taxes and encouraged the use of public transportation amid soaring gas prices. — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026 Cable news anchors pontificated on the possible environmental toll were the Al Salmi’s cargo of two million barrels of crude discharged into the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 1 Apr. 2026 London — The world, hungry for oil, got a modest reprieve earlier this month when Saudi Arabia began diverting millions of barrels of crude —ordinarily destined for ships transiting the blockaded Strait of Hormuz — to its Red Sea port of Yanbu. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026

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Iran’s proxies in the region, the Houthis, have since blockaded another strait – the Bab-al-Mandeb – challenging Saudi Arabia’s ability to export oil through that alternate route. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026 During the early nineteen-eighties, when Paul Volcker, the chair of the Federal Reserve, raised interest rates to twenty per cent in the face of rampant inflation, furious farmers blockaded the Fed’s headquarters with their tractors. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Yanbu, Saudi Arabia’s main Red Sea oil port, has become a key route for Saudi oil skirting the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blockaded. — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 26 July 2026 Meanwhile, Lord Corlys Velaryon and his fleet have the city blockaded, while Team Black commands from Dragonstone and Daemon battles in the Riverlands and Aemond broods on the throne, which he’s taken from his maimed brother. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 The Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for the region’s oil and gas, was effectively blockaded since the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran in late February. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 June 2026 That blockaded chokepoint has sent energy prices and overall inflation soaring worldwide in recent months. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 17 June 2026 Gang federations such as the G9, for example, has blockaded access to ports and restricted access to gasoline and diesel supplies, while other groups, including the 5 Segonn gang, have periodically blocked access to the private Port Lafito. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026 For more than a week, the country’s teacher’s union has blockaded roads and toppled World Cup statues in an annual push to win better working conditions. — ABC News, 10 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockaded

Adjective

Police officers standing guard Thursday at a barricaded road near Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, where authorities were ordered to transfer Khan.

— Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026
Wilton Manors police arrested a man at an apartment complex after an armed robbery call escalated into a barricaded standoff on Thursday evening, officials say.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of barricaded

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In recent months, Israeli settlers have repeatedly besieged the village of Qusra, defying orders from the authorities to leave the area and trying to force Palestinian families, some of whom are also American citizens, out.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
There has been a spate of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and the village of Qusra has been besieged by Israeli settlers for weeks.

— F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of besieged

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Sanders said the concept seems to work best on roads built for high-capacity traffic during the day but much less congested — and therefore more conducive to speeding — at night.

— Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Others – especially in congested urban areas – have been doing it for a long time.

— Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of congested

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But the university’s recent actions in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was attacked on campus during that period appear at odds with that commitment.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
Not long after Bungalow 8 opened, the World Trade Center was attacked.

— Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of attacked

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Following the complaints about obstructed views, Bills team executives told the media that many of those seats are being sold for events like concerts, not games.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
The obstructed view and small video boards are by far the biggest complaints, and here is a small bit of what was being said.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of obstructed

Adjective

The western island of South Sumatra also battled fires, with more than 1,700 hot spots detected on Sunday, causing a choked haze cloud and reducing visibility to only 10 meters (33 feet) in some areas, the ministry said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
However, that deal fell apart after the US unleashed a fresh wave of attacks on Iran in mid-July, following Iranian strikes on vessels in the choked Strait of Hormuz.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

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