blockading has definitions from the field of nautical
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[ adjective ] (nautical) blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors

Examples

"the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions"

Used in print

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

To round_out the blockading force , submarines would be needed - to locate , identify and track approaching vessels .

Three requirements go_with a blockade : It must be proclaimed ; the blockading force must be powerful enough to enforce it ; and it must be enforced without discrimination .

Related terms

preventive

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