Blockading and Release

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Blockading adjective - Blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors.

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Release is an antonym for blockading in topics: secure, obstruct, isolate, enclose, encircle.

Nearby Words: blockaded, blockade

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

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Blockading is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

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Release and Blockading. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blockading/release

Blockading & Release. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/blockading/release>.

Release or Blockading. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blockading/release.

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