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BLOCKADING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors
Example:
the blockading ships prevented delivery of munitions
Classified under:
Similar:
preventative; preventive (tending to prevent or hinder)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb blockade
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