blockade : Idioms & Phrases
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blockade-runner
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noun a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade
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military blockade
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noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
siege; besieging; beleaguering.
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naval blockade
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noun the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power
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Paper blockade
- an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force.
Webster 1913
To raise a blockade
(Mil.) , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
Webster 1913
To run a blockade
- to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety.
