Definition of Blockading. Meaning of Blockading. Synonyms of Blockading

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Definition of Blockading

Blockading
Blockade Block*ade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blockaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blockading.] 1. 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. ``Blockaded the place by sea.' --Gilpin. 2. Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress. Till storm and driving ice blockade him there. --Wordsworth. 3. To obstruct entrance to or egress from. Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door. --Pope.

Meaning of Blockading from wikipedia

- considered a blockade. Blockades restrict the trading rights of neutrals, who must submit for inspection for contraband, which the blockading power may define...
- the Coast Blockading Squadron before being renamed May 17, 1861. It was split the same year for the creation of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron...
- world. Blockade runners are often the fastest ships available, and come lightly armed and armored. Their operations are quite risky since blockading fleets...
- of blockade followed such as that of 1860, when Victor Emmanuel, the king of Sardinia, joined the revolutionary government of Naples in blockading ports...
- Blockade of Germany may refer to: Blockade of Germany (1914–1919) during World War I Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) during World War II This disambiguation...
- The Valdez Blockade was a 1993 protest by Cordova fishermen who blockaded the Valdez Narrows in an attempt to obtain funding for research and restoration...
- North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Following President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation of a blockade of Southern...
- In mesoscopic physics, a Coulomb blockade (CB), named after Charles-Augustin de Coulomb's electrical force, is the decrease in electrical conductance at...
- The blockade of Biafra by the Nigerian federal government during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) resulted in a famine that ultimately cost at least...
- The list of blockades informs about blockades that were carried out either on land, or in the maritime and air spaces in the effort to defeat opponents...