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“blockade” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

blockade
conclusio, obsidio. To raise the blockade of a town, urbe abscedere, obsidione urbis desistere. To deliver from a blockade, obsidione liberare or solvere.
blockade v.
obsidere, circum sedere, obsidionem (urbi) inferre, in obsidione tenere, obsidione claudere, operibus cingere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for blockade?
The usual Latin words for “blockade” are conclūsiō, obsidiō, soleō; also obsideō, urbs, īnferō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.