I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
economic
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The economic blockade is accompanied by terror tactics.
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Or will the 40-year economic blockade be maintained simply to satisfy the second-generation Miami mafia?
naval
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After demanding the weapons be removed, President John F.. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of the island.
■ VERB
lift
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Moreover it began to free captured troops on July 5 and to lift blockades .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Getting food supplies through the blockade is almost impossible.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beta blockade should also be considered in the high-risk patients.
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But if the blockade continues it's going to start costing big money.
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In Los Angeles our supporters outnumbered Operation Rescue demonstrators three to one and kept a planned clinic blockade from even getting started.
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Lincoln, in turn, ordered a blockade of Southern ports.
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On Aug. 23 the appeal court upheld Kelly's original injunction against the blockades.
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Some left after only a fortnight and, as time went by, it became increasingly hard to maintain the blockade .
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Tbilisi's airport was reopened, putting an end to the transportation blockade of the city.
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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
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A US fleet blockaded the port of Veracruz.
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In June 1948 the Russians blockaded the western sectors of Berlin.
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Ships blockaded the port.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By this time the Soviets had forced a crisis by blockading Berlin, and fears of war mounted.
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In the southern state of Tabasco, farmers blockaded 60 oil wells in February to demand compensation from Pemex.
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Shipping lines have been avoiding the southern ports in fear of having their vessels blockaded.
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Then, ports and Belfast International Airport were blockaded for days.
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They came up with a plot to blockade fuel supplies at depots starting at the weekend.
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They might also attempt to blockade roads to Dalmatian coast resorts.