How to pronounce“blockade”in English
And I think if there's a Chinese warship sitting off that tanker, uh I can't envisage a situation where you would where you would board it. So,
then then your blockade's failed. So, for now, ships carrying oil and gas
from the Gulf are still largely stuck. Only a trickle are getting out into the ocean. Only when that situation is resolved
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Definitions of “blockade”
The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
“A six-day blockade from 28 May to 2 June saw NR [National Rail] straighten the track through the station, facilitating a linespeed increase from 60mph to 85mph over a 4km stretch.”
Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
“In the mean time, Francesca, separated from Madame de Mercœur, was hidden by a group around the Queen of Sweden. With the wall on one side, and a human blockade on the other, she was left at full leisure to meditate on a vow made at the first announcement of the lottery, namely, that whatever might fall to her lot she would offer in a neighbouring chapel to the Virgin, at whose shrine she would kneel one hour for Guido's safe return.”
To create a blockade against.
“On January 5 1969, residents blockaded the level crossing at Newcastleton, ahead of the final passenger train. It was only after the then-local MP David (now Lord) Steel had alighted from the St Pancras-bound Sleeper service and negotiated their dispersal (in return for the release without charge of one of the protest organisers, Reverend Brydon Maben) that the train was allowed on its way.”
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