Definition of Blockade. Meaning of Blockade. Synonyms of Blockade

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Definition of Blockade

Blockade
Blockade Block*ade", n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See Block, v. t. ] 1. The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy. Note: Blockade is now usually applied to an investment with ships or vessels, while siege is used of an investment by land forces. To constitute a blockade, the investing power must be able to apply its force to every point of practicable access, so as to render it dangerous to attempt to enter; and there is no blockade of that port where its force can not be brought to bear. --Kent. 2. An obstruction to passage. To raise a blockade. See under Raise.
Blockade
Blockade Block*ade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blockaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blockading.] 1. To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n. ``Blockaded the place by sea.' --Gilpin. 2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress. Till storm and driving ice blockade him there. --Wordsworth. 3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from. Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door. --Pope.

Meaning of Blockade from wikipedia

- A blockade is an effort to cut off supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally. A blockade is not...
- The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of...
- confronting the blockaders in order to break the blockade. Blockade runners usually transport cargo, for example bringing food or arms to a blockaded city. They...
- The Blockade of Germany, or the Blockade of Europe, occurred from 1914 to 1919. It was a prolonged naval operation conducted by the Triple-Entente powers...
- Blood Blockade Battlefront (****anese: 血界戦線, Hepburn: Kekkai Sensen, lit., "Bloodline Battlefront") is a ****anese manga series written and illustrated by...
- The blockade of the Gaza Strip is the ongoing land, air, and sea blockade of the Gaza Strip imposed by Israel and Egypt in 2007, after Hamas took control...
- The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The blockade was proclaimed...
- (Russian: блока́да Ленингра́да; German: Leningrader Blockade) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the Army Group North of...
- The list of historical blockades informs about blockades that were carried out either on land, or in the maritime and air spaces in the effort to defeat...
- The Continental Blockade (French: Blocus continental), or Continental System, was the foreign policy of Napoleon Bonaparte against the United Kingdom during...
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