- blockade block·ade
- [blɒ'keɪd]
1. nMil blocco2. vtbloccare
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
blockade block·ade
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blockade — block|ade1 [ bla keıd ] noun count an official action that is intended to prevent people or goods from moving from one place to another: lift a blockade (=end a blockade): The blockade of the harbor will be lifted at midnight. impose a blockade ( … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Blockade — Block*ade , n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See {Block}, v. t. ] 1. 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. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blockade — 1. Intravenous injection of large amounts of colloidal dyes or other substances in order to block reticuloendothelial cells ( e.g., phagocytosis is temporarily prevented). 2. Receptor b., blocking the effect of a … Medical dictionary
blockade — ▪ I. blockade block‧ade 1 [blɒˈkeɪd ǁ blɑː ] noun [countable] 1. the surrounding of a country or an area during a war in order to stop goods from entering or leaving: • On Oct. 3rd the Yugoslav navy began a blockade of seven Croatian ports. 2.… … Financial and business terms
blockade — [blä kād′] n. [ BLOCK + ADE] 1. a shutting off of a port or region of a belligerent state by the troops or ships of the enemy in order to prevent passage in or out in time of war 2. any blocking action designed to isolate another nation and cut… … English World dictionary
blockade — block•ade [[t]blɒˈkeɪd[/t]] n. v. ad•ed, ad•ing 1) mil the closing off of a port, city, etc., by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit 2) any obstruction of passage or progress 3) pat interruption or inhibition of a normal… … From formal English to slang
blockade-runner — blockade′ run ner n. mil a ship or person that passes through a blockade • Etymology: 1860–65 block•ade′ run ning, n … From formal English to slang
blockade — block·ade … English syllables
To raise a blockade — Blockade Block*ade , n. [Cf. It. bloccata. See {Block}, v. t. ] 1. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blockade — (March 1915 July 1919) a weapon instituted by England during the first year of World War I. Retained as a concept almost by accident in the early twentieth century, it was by 1917 the preeminent weapon in the Allied arsenal. Through its… … Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik
