Examples of 'blockade' in a sentence

Meaning of "blockade"

blockade (noun) - an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving, often used in a military or political context
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  • The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
  • Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
  • The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
  • Inhibition of the activity (function) of chemical messengers or their receptors, such as (often) receptor antagonism.

How to use "blockade" in a sentence

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The terminology of blockade should also be questioned.
Blockade duration was not determined in this study.
The lifting of the blockade must be a priority.
The blockade is an arrogant and ignorant act.
There are no grounds for a blockade of humanitarian aid.
The blockade is rejected by the international community.
The effectiveness of such a blockade was therefore questionable.
The blockade is a genocidal and illegal policy.
Police has decided to blockade the supermarket.
The blockade started at seven in the morning.
They were planning to blockade the courtroom tomorrow.
The blockade includes its communication network.
Assessment of the sensitive blockade was done every minute.
The blockade will not last forever.
We are to proceed with our attack on the blockade.

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Set up a blockade and arrest any resisters.
They are allowing ships through their blockade.
Reversal of neuromuscular blockade induced by rocuronium or vecuronium.
A blockade is being drawn around all entrances.
He waits until tomorrow and executes a blockade.
The sea blockade compounds the hardships.
Castro claims that the embargo is a blockade.
The level of the blockade was still unsatisfactory.
That was the official declaration of the blockade.
Because of the blockade he stopped making payments.
This is the real result of the blockade.
Neuromuscular blockade was maintained with intermittent rocuronium.
We will take out the blockade ourselves.
The blockade will ruin us before that.
Commercial and financial blockade against cuba.
The blockade at sligo is running short of gunpowder.
As a result recurrence of neuromuscular blockade might be observed.
The blockade stopped the coastal steamers.
And safe passage through your blockade.
I assure you our blockade is very much intact.
They will have alerted the blockade.
I told you to blockade the road.
I tried to get you to stop the blockade.
Set up a blockade around the perimeter.
My pack leader managed to evade the blockade.
This blockade will never end.
We will get you past the blockade.
That blockade has always had an extraterritorial character.
Scramble the slipfighters to blockade the planet.
This blockade has to stop now.
My group has considerable objections to such a blockade.
Approaching blockade and counting five.
Hamas is the sole beneficiary of this blockade.
I thought the beta blockade would do it.
Let us work towards lifting the blockade.

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