blockade
21blockade — 01. The road to the forest was [blockaded] by protesters trying to stop the logging company from cutting down the centuries old trees. 02. The police had set up a [blockade] to keep demonstrators from entering the Legislative Buildings. 03.… …
22Blockade — (March 1915 July 1919) a weapon instituted by England during the first year of World War I. Retained as a concept almost by accident in the early twentieth century, it was by 1917 the preeminent weapon in the Allied arsenal. Through its… …
23blockade — block|ade1 [ bla keıd ] noun count an official action that is intended to prevent people or goods from moving from one place to another: lift a blockade (=end a blockade): The blockade of the harbor will be lifted at midnight. impose a blockade ( …
24blockade — An interdiction of commerce with a nation or people in that nation. 30 Am J Rev ed Internat L § 53. Blockades are maritime blockades, or blockades by both sea and land; and they may be either military or commercial, or may partake of the nature… …
25blockade — n. 1) to impose; maintain a blockade 2) to break (through); lift; run a blockade 3) a blockade against; on * * * [blɒ keɪd] lift maintain a blockade on run a blockade a blockade against to impose to break …
26blockade — 1 noun (usually singular) the surrounding of an area by soldiers or ships to stop people or supplies leaving or entering: a naval blockade | lift/raise the blockade (=to end a blockade) | impose a blockade: They ve imposed an economic blockade on …
27blockade — block|ade1 [blɔˈkeıd US bla: ] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: BLOCK1 + French ade action of ] 1.) [usually singular] the surrounding of an area by soldiers or ships to stop people or supplies leaving or entering ▪ a naval blockade ▪ They ve imposed… …
28blockade — [[t]blɒke͟ɪd[/t]] blockades, blockading, blockaded 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it. Striking lorry drivers agreed to lift their blockades of main roads …
29blockade — {{11}}blockade (n.) mid 17c., from BLOCK (Cf. block) (v.) + ADE (Cf. ade), false French ending (the French word is blocus, 18c. in this sense, which seems to be in part a back formation from the verb bloquer and in part influenced by M.Du.… …
30blockade — 1. Intravenous injection of large amounts of colloidal dyes or other substances in order to block reticuloendothelial cells ( e.g., phagocytosis is temporarily prevented). 2. Receptor b., blocking the effect of a …
