blockade
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5.8
- noun
- /bləˈkeɪd/
:
bloqueo
- During the war, the city experienced a severe blockade that prevented food and medical supplies from entering.
- a naval blockade
- siege and blockade
- impose a blockade
Still, eventually the blockade had more and more effect.
- Still, eventually the blockade had more and more effect.
- They will break our blockade and force an ignominious peace on us unless something is done to satisfy America.
Examples
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Those who broke through the blockade this morning... are now quarantined along with the rest of the town's residents.
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The blockade by land is now complete.
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But because the war was ending, the blockade was about to be lifted.
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And then also a naval blockade of Latin America.
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Both nations had used naval blockades to stop U.S. goods from reaching each other's ports.
Fiction book (1999) -
One last trial lay between them and the Confederacy: the Union's naval blockade of Southern ports.
Fiction book (1998) -
Gentlemen, I presume you all know of the Anaconda Plan, our blockade of the South, to deny her access to ships and trade.
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On May 12, 300,000 Berliners gathered to cheer the news that the blockade was being lifted.
Fiction book (1998) -
The government's blockade of the rebel territory restricted their access to essential resources.
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Residents protested against the blockade that cut off their access to the outside world for weeks.
Synonyms
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6.8
A military attack that surrounds a place and stops supplies to make those inside give up
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7.3
Using warships to stop ships from entering or leaving enemy ports
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7.5
Surrounding a place or army to cut off supplies and stop escape
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6.7
Soldiers or ships surround a place to stop supplies and force it to give up
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Etymology
Blockade comes from the simple word block, meaning 'a solid piece' or something that 'stops' movement, plus the ending -ade to show an action or result. Imagine a line of blocks, ships, or barriers closing a road or port. So a blockade is the sealing off of a place to stop people or goods from entering or leaving.