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blockading

blockading is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about blockading

What is blockading the present participle and gerund of?
Blockading is the present participle and gerund of blockade.

Words near blockading in the dictionary

  1. blockade whiskeys
  2. blockaded
  3. blockader
  4. blockaders
  5. blockades
  6. blockading
  7. blockage
  8. blockages
  9. blockboard
  10. blockboards
  11. Blockburger

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