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1. (n.) The shutting off of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing the reception of supplies\; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.

2. (n) An obstruction to passage.

3. (v. t.) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies

4. (n.) Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.

5. (n.) To obstruct entrance to or egress from.

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Jacksonian epilepsy Rolandic epilepsy abdominal epilepsy access acquired epilepsy activated epilepsy affect epilepsy afterthought akinetic epilepsy apoplexy arm armor armor-plate arrest arrestation arrestment attack autonomic epilepsy ban bank bar bar out barricade barrier barring battle beleaguer beleaguerment beset besetment besiege besiegement bind blank wall blind alley blind gut block block up blockade blockading blockage blocking bolt bottleneck bound box in boycott bulwark bung bureaucratic delay cage cardiac epilepsy castellate catch caulk cecum censorship chamber check chink chock choke choke off choke up choking choking off circumscription clog clog up clogging clonic spasm clonus close close in close off close tight close up closing closing up closure compass confinement congest congestion constipate constipation constrict constriction contain convulsion coop coop in coop up cordon cordon off cordoning cork corral cortical epilepsy costiveness count out cover cramp crenellate crowd cul-de-sac cursive epilepsy curtain cut off dam dam up dead end debar debarment debarring delay delayage delayed reaction demarcation detainment detention determent deterrent difficulty dig in diurnal epilepsy dog double take dragging drawback eclampsia embargo embattle embolism embolus encircle encirclement enclose enclosure encompass encompassment enshrine entrench envelop envelopment epilepsia epilepsia gravior epilepsia major epilepsia minor epilepsia mitior epilepsia nutans epilepsia tarda epilepsy exception exclude exclusion falling sickness fence fence in fill fill up fit fixation focal epilepsy foot-dragging fortify foul freeze out frenzy garrison gorge grand mal halt hampering hang-up harass harry haute mal hazard hedge in hem in hindering hindrance hitch holdback holdup house in hurdle hysterical epilepsy ictus ignore immurement impasse impediment impound imprison imprisonment inadmissibility incarcerate incarceration include inclusion infarct infarction inhibition injunction interference interim interruption invest investment jail jam joker keep out kennel lag lagging larval epilepsy laryngeal epilepsy laryngospasm latent epilepsy lay siege to leaguer leave out let lock lock out lockjaw lockout logjam man man the garrison matutinal epilepsy menstrual epilepsy mew mew up mine moratorium musicogenic epilepsy myoclonous epilepsy narrowing negativism nocturnal epilepsy nonadmission nuisance value objection obstacle obstipate obstipation obstruct obstruction obstructionism obstructive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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