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blockade | x |

As a noun blockade

is blockade.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

blockade

English

(wikipedia blockade)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
  • By extension, any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
  • (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
  • (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it

    • Verb

  • To create a blockade against.

    • Anagrams

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----