to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A place of confrontation.
To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To confer eternal divine punishment upon.