blockade
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- n a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- n prevents access or progress
- v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- v render unsuitable for passage
- v obstruct access to
- v impose a blockade on
- The blockade created a humanitarian crisis for 1.
- In May, the coast guard established a strict blockade along the Atlantic coast to break up the rum row that stretched from New London, Conn.
- Moscow this week announced that it was willing to lift the Berlin blockadeat a price.