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- Dictionaryblockade/blɒˈkeɪd/
noun
- 1. an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving: "they voted to lift the blockade of major railway junctions" Similar
verb
- 1. seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving: "the authorities blockaded roads in and out of the capital"
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BLOCKADE definition: 1. the situation in which a country or place is surrounded by soldiers or ships to stop people or…. Learn more.
noun. 1. : the isolation by a warring nation of an enemy area (such as a harbor) by troops or warships to prevent passage of persons or supplies. broadly : a restrictive measure designed to obstruct the commerce and communications of an unfriendly nation. 2. : something that blocks. 3.
blockade, an act of war whereby one party blocks entry to or departure from a defined part of an enemy’s territory, most often its coasts. Blockades are regulated by international law and custom and require advance warning to neutral states and impartial application.
A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force. A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which are legal barriers to trade rather than physical barriers.
A blockade is an obstacle that stands between you and something you're trying to reach. After a robbery, police might set up a blockade around the neighborhood to catch the thief. Anything that impedes or halts progress is a blockade.
Blockade, or a blockade, is the inhibition of the effect of a hormone, a drug, or a transport system, or the inhibition of the action of a nerve by a drug.
the situation in which a country or place is surrounded by soldiers or ships to stop people or goods from going in or out: an air and sea blockade. The Soviet blockade of Berlin was lifted in May 1949. There is still some hope that the economic blockade will work and make military intervention unnecessary.
1. the closing off of a port, city, etc., by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit. 2. any obstruction of passage or progress. 3. interruption or inhibition of a normal physiological signal, as a nerve impulse.
the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit. any obstruction of passage or progress: We had difficulty in getting through the blockade of bodyguards.
BLOCKADE definition: a situation in which a government or soldiers stop goods or people from entering or leaving a…. Learn more.
