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blockaded

blockaded is the simple past and past participle of blockade.

Meaning of blockade

Verb

blockade (third-person singular simple present blockades, present participle blockading, simple past and past participle blockaded)

  1. (transitive) To create a blockade against.
    • On January 5 1969, residents blockaded the level crossing at Newcastleton, ahead of the final passenger train. It was only after the then-local MP David (now Lord) Steel had alighted from the St Pancras-bound Sleeper service and negotiated their dispersal (in return for the release without charge...2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52

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Words formed from blockaded

Questions about blockaded

What is blockaded the simple past and past participle of?
Blockaded is the simple past and past participle of blockade.

Words near blockaded in the dictionary

  1. blockade crowns
  2. blockade runner
  3. blockade runners
  4. blockade whiskey
  5. blockade whiskeys
  6. blockaded
  7. blockader
  8. blockaders
  9. blockades
  10. blockading
  11. blockage

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