BLOCKADE
\blɒkˈe͡ɪd], \blɒkˈeɪd], \b_l_ɒ_k_ˈeɪ_d]\
Definitions of BLOCKADE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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An obstruction to passage.
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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.
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Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
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To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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An obstruction to passage.
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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.
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Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress.
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To obstruct entrance to or egress from.
By Noah Webster.
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The shutting up of a place, as a port, by ships or troops of an enemy in order to prevent anything from coming in or going out.
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To surround and shut up; to block.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To close to traffic by military or naval force; obstruct; block up.
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The closing of a seaport, etc., by hostile forces.
By James Champlin Fernald
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