BLOCKADE


Meaning of BLOCKADE in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

economic

The economic blockade is accompanied by terror tactics.

Or will the 40-year economic blockade be maintained simply to satisfy the second-generation Miami mafia?

naval

After demanding the weapons be removed, President John F.. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of the island.

■ VERB

lift

Moreover it began to free captured troops on July 5 and to lift blockades .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Getting food supplies through the blockade is almost impossible.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Beta blockade should also be considered in the high-risk patients.

But if the blockade continues it's going to start costing big money.

In Los Angeles our supporters outnumbered Operation Rescue demonstrators three to one and kept a planned clinic blockade from even getting started.

Lincoln, in turn, ordered a blockade of Southern ports.

On Aug. 23 the appeal court upheld Kelly's original injunction against the blockades.

Some left after only a fortnight and, as time went by, it became increasingly hard to maintain the blockade .

Tbilisi's airport was reopened, putting an end to the transportation blockade of the city.

The generals and admirals said they had always been against the blockade as being too weak and now they wanted immediate action.

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A US fleet blockaded the port of Veracruz.

In June 1948 the Russians blockaded the western sectors of Berlin.

Ships blockaded the port.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

By this time the Soviets had forced a crisis by blockading Berlin, and fears of war mounted.

In the southern state of Tabasco, farmers blockaded 60 oil wells in February to demand compensation from Pemex.

Shipping lines have been avoiding the southern ports in fear of having their vessels blockaded.

Then, ports and Belfast International Airport were blockaded for days.

They came up with a plot to blockade fuel supplies at depots starting at the weekend.

They might also attempt to blockade roads to Dalmatian coast resorts.

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