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Translate blockade from English to French

Summary

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blockade:
- blocage; blocus; barrage d'une rue; barricade
Wiktionary:
- blockade → blocus, embouteillage
- blockade → blocus, cerner

English

Detailed Translations for blockade from English to French

blockade:

blockade [the ~] nom

the blockade (roadblock)
le blocage; le blocus; le barrage d'une rue
- blocage [le ~] nom
- blocus [le ~] nom
- barrage d'une rue [le ~] nom
the blockade (barricade; roadblock)
la barricade
- barricade [la ~] nom

Translation Matrix for blockade:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
barrage d'une rue	blockade; roadblock	bar; barrier; roadblock
barricade	barricade; blockade; roadblock	bar; barricade; barrier; roadblock
blocage	blockade; roadblock	blocking; deadlock; hold
blocus	blockade; roadblock	siege
-	encirclement
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bar; barricade; block; block off; block up; embarrass; hinder; obstruct; seal off; stop; stymie; stymy

Related Words for "blockade":

blockades

Synonyms for "blockade":

encirclement; military action; action
obstruction; obstructor; obstructer; impediment; impedimenta
obstruct; block; hinder; stymie; stymy; embarrass; prevent; forestall; foreclose; preclude; forbid
barricade; stop; block off; block up; bar; obstruct; obturate; impede; occlude; jam; block; close up
seal off; besiege; beleaguer; surround; hem in; circumvent

Related Definitions for "blockade":

a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy¹
prevents access or progress¹
impose a blockade on¹
obstruct access to¹
render unsuitable for passage¹
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of¹

Wiktionary Translations for blockade:

blockade

noun

the isolation of something
- blockade → blocus

blockade

noun

Investissement ou siège d’une ville, d’un port, d’une position, d’un pays pour lui couper toute communication avec l’extérieur.
- blocus → blockade
Action d’enfermer des forces ennemies dans une impasse
- embouteillage → blocus; blockade

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• blockade	→ blocus	↔ Blockade — Politik: Sperrung von Zufahrtswegen, z.B. um die Güterversorgung zu erschweren
• blockade	→ cerner	↔ zernieren — transitiv, veraltet: eine (von Soldaten) besetzte Örtlichkeit von der Außenwelt abschneiden

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University