Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun military_blockade

1 sense of military blockade

Sense 1
siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade -- (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)
       => blockade, encirclement -- (a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy)