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• 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

• For the past six days, a pro-Kremlin youth movement has been blockading the Estonian embassy, demanding that either Estonia apologize for its desecration of the memorial, or .
• During their 192-day protest campaign, the PAD paralyzed Thailand, blockading the capital's two airports for eight days and besieging the Prime Minister's office complex for months.
• He says enough men can just lift the few blockading cars out of the way.

• obstruct
• blockade
• block
• hinder
• stymie
• stymy
• embarrass
• barricade
• stop
• block off
• block up
• bar
• seal off

News & Articles

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• I Voted For Change: Over 20 Arrested as KXL Protests Target Obama
  Over 20 anti-Keystone protesters were arrested Monday morning for blockading the doors to a Chicago federal building as part of newly launched call to action that declares "if you don't act, I will." The demonstration was the first action organized by the group No KXL who are launching a civil disobedience campaign aimed directly at President Obama and his pending decision to permit construction ...
  June 17, 2013 - CommonDreams.org

Quotes

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• Tom Morello in Blabbermouth.net
  Morello says he made his exit by sea in a dramatic escape: "After my set, I had to escape via small boat to the Baltic Sea. There were police boats blockading the entrance to the festival and we snuck out under cover of darkness."
• Ehud Olmert in Xinhua
  The result must be an effective blockading of the Philadelphi Route, with supervision and follow-ups,added Olmert, referring to the border area between Gaza and Egypt where Gazan militants have allegedly been smuggling weapons through tunnels.
• Serzh Sarkisian in ArmeniaNow.com
  I will only accept the invitation if the agreements are observed and visible steps are taken, that is, I will go to Turkey if the border is open or if we are on the threshold of Armenia's de-blockading,emphasized Sargsyan on Tuesday in a...