Crossword-Solution: BLOCKADE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Blockade | v. t. | The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy. |
| Blockade | v. t. | An obstruction to passage. |
| Blockade | v. t. | 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. |
| Blockade | n. | Hence, to shut in so as to prevent egress. |
| Blockade | n. | To obstruct entrance to or egress from. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
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Sentences with BLOCKADE (5)
Depart! I bid thee in these burghers’ name, And prowl no longer round me to blockade My destined harbor.
The dramatic drop in output in 1992 is attributable largely to the cumulative impact of the blockade; of particular importance was the shutting off in the summer of 1992 of rail and road links to Russia through Georgia due to civil strife in the latter republic.
Promise me to raise the blockade—to set Madame de Cintré at liberty—and I will retire instantly.” “We hesitated as to whether we would see you,” said Madame de Bellegarde; “and we were on the point of declining the honor.
The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
DEAR CHAS.: Today, when Wilson ordered Huerta not to blockade Tampico which was an insult to Mediators and the act of a bully and a coward, AND a declaration of war, we all got on our ponies to "advance." Then came word Huerta would not blockade.
Quotes with BLOCKADE (3)
Who? Mr. Dalton has his hand firmly on Grace's elbow, as though she can't manoeuvre herself through the blockade of tables and chairs. She could fly right through you, thinks Jack.
He had panicked. Tessier cursed his own stupidity. He should have remained in the column where he would have been protected. Instead, he saw an enemy coming for him like a revenant rising from a dark tomb, and had run first instead of thinking. Except this was no longer a French stronghold. The forts had all been captured and surrendered and the glorious revolutionary soldiers had been defeated. If the supply ships had made it through the blockade, Vaubois might still have be…
Victor spread his hands and beamed. “There’s a truckload of supplies sitting on a dock in Madera. We got food, medicine, and machines ready to roll. All we need is a pigheaded truck driver with giant cojones and no brains to ram the stuff past the blockade and save the day.” The pilot leaned back and put his hands behind his head. “Naturally, I thought of Abel Yeager.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1952–2018).