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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

봉쇄

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bongsoe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blockade/blɒˈkeɪd/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"봉쇄는 물자의 유입을 막았다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.

    "The naval blockade effectively cut off supplies to the enemy."
As verb
  1. 1

    To obstruct or prevent access to a place.

    "The army decided to blockade the city to control the movement of troops."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French word 'blocade', formed from 'block' (of Germanic origin) combined with the suffix '-ade' (borrowed from Italian '-ata'). It originally emerged in military contexts during the late 17th century to describe the sealing off of a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.

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