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noun ADJ. complete, total | tight | partial | virtual | economic, military, naval VERB + BLOCKADE impose | end, lift, remove | enforce, maintain | tighten | ease, relax | break, get through, run They attempted to break the blockade by using submarines. PREP. ~ against the need to enforce a naval blockade against the country | ~ around/round a blockade around the city | ~ by the blockade by Western nations | ~ of, ~ on The president imposed a complete blockade on the island's harbours.
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noun
isolation, no entry, no exit:
The enemy suffered from a total blockade.
verb
stopped entry:
Germany blockaded England using submarines.
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