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blockading
  • v  hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  • v  render unsuitable for passage
  • v  obstruct access to
  • v  impose a blockade on
  • s  blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors
    the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions
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blocked
  • v  render unsuitable for passage
  • v  hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
    His brother blocked him at every turn
  • v  stop from happening or developing
  • v  interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
  • v  run on a block system
  • v  interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
  • v  shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
    The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage
  • v  stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
  • v  obstruct
    Her arteries are blocked
  • v  block passage through
  • v  support, secure, or raise with a block
  • v  impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
  • v  be unable to remember
  • v  shape by using a block
  • v  shape into a block or blocks
  • v  prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
  • s  closed to traffic
    the repaving results in many blocked streets
  • s  completely obstructed or closed off
    the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges
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blond
  • n  a person with fair skin and hair
  • n  a light grayish yellow to near white
  • a  being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes
    blond Scandinavians
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blonde
  • n  a person with fair skin and hair
  • n  a light grayish yellow to near white
  • a  being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes
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blood-and-guts
  • s  marked by great zeal or violence
    real blood-and-guts fiction
    blood-and-guts football
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blood-filled
  • s  containing blood
    the blood-filled centers of arteries and veins
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blood-red
  • s  of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
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