blockade
noun [ C ]
POLITICS uk/blɒkˈeɪd/ usa situation in which a group of people prevent goods or people entering or leaving a place as a way of showing a government or large organization that they do not agree with its decisions:
The blockade of oil refineries caused fuel prices to double.
impose/lift a blockade French farmers lifted their blockade of the Channel Tunnel yesterday.
a situation in which one country refuses to trade with another country:
It has defended the economic blockade despite mounting international criticism.
blockade
verb [ T ]
POLITICS uk/blɒkˈeɪd/ usto prevent goods or people entering or leaving a place, especially as a way of showing disagreement with a government or large organization:
Protesters are threatening to blockade refineries if the Government does not lower the tax on fuel.