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Blockade in English
- blockade⇄blockade, noun, verb, -aded,-ading.
- blockade⇄expr. run the blockade, to sneak into or out of a port that is being blockaded.
Ex. The ""Sumter"" ... succeeded in running the blockade of the mouth of the Mississippi (Harper's). - blockade⇄noun blockader.
- blockade⇄noun 1. control of who or what goes into or out of a place, especially by police or by an army or navy.
Ex. Ships of the Union navy formed a blockade of southern ports in the Civil War to prevent foreign trade with Europe. After the earthquake poli - blockade⇄v.t. 1. to put under blockade.
Ex. The firemen blockaded the area where the fire was raging.
2. (Figurative.) to block up; obstruct.
Ex. His strong argument blockaded any change in the plan.