Sentence example with the word 'blockade'

blockade

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Definition n. a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy

Last update: August 26, 2015

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Then came the winter, and the cabin was often blockaded with snow for weeks.   [Please select]

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Soon afterwards they blockaded Piraeus and their army encamped before the walls of Athens.   [Please select]

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But, especially, the garrison had to fear for hunger, in case blockade should be resorted to as the means of reducing them.   [Please select]

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Savannah was one of the points where blockade runners entered.   [Please select]

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In the end Kennedy opted to use a naval blockade of Cuba, cutting off military supplies to the island.   [Please select]

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The barricade will probably be blockaded, all the streets will be guarded, and you will not be able to get out.   [Please select]

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In this instance she was the only vessel to sail, after a three months' blockade.   [Please select]

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