blockading

Definition of Blockading in English :

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Adjective

1. blockading

blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors

Example Sentences:
'the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Blockading

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noun

1. military

the interdiction of a nation's sea lines of communications, esp of an individual port by the use of sea power

2.

something that prevents access or progress

3. medicine

the inhibition of the effect of a hormone or a drug, a transport system, or the action of a nerve by a drug

verb (transitive)

4.

to impose a blockade on

5.

to obstruct the way to

Blockading

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noun

1.

a shutting off of a port or region of a belligerent state by the troops or ships of the enemy in order to prevent passage in or out in time of war

2.

any blocking action designed to isolate another nation and cut off communication and commerce with it

3.

the force that maintains a blockade

4.

any strategic barrier

verb transitiveWord forms: blockˈaded or blockˈading

5.

to subject to a blockade

Blockading

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n.

1. The isolation of a nation, area, city, or harbor by hostile ships or forces in order to prevent the entrance and exit of traffic and commerce.

2. The forces used to effect this isolation.

tr.v. block·ad·ed, block·ad·ing, block·ades

To set up a blockade against: blockaded the harbor.

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