Blockade and Start

Blockade

Blockade noun - The cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies.

Start is an antonym for blockade in barrier topic.

Start

Start noun - The point at which something begins.

Blockade is an antonym for start.

How words are described

complete complete blockade complete start
initial initial blockade initial start
true true blockade true start
massive massive blockade massive start
Other adjectives: loose, main, literal.

Common collocations

way blockade way start way

Both words in one sentence

  • As a priority, they evacuate Umbrella VIPs when the zombies reach the blockade, then start shooting everything in sight.
  • When the Jedi and Republic were unable to break the Mandalorian blockade of the Hydian Way, a group of smugglers, sensing the opportunity for profit, came together to start running supplies through it to the increasingly desperate Coruscant.
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