shutting off a part or region to prevent passage by hostile forces
The troops tried to send in supplies but there was a blockade and they were not able to deliver them.
Blockade runners. You are doing guided reading activity 11-2
Blockade: naval action aimed to prevent the enemy from making use of its ports, merchant marine and any maritime traffic, irrespective of the origin and carriers, by means of the navy.
naval blockade
To weaken the British blockade of the American Coast
they put up a Blockade. The blockade stopped us from getting in.
The naval blockade was no match for our cutters.
Blockade of Veracruz happened in 1847.
The Blockade Runners was created in 1865.
Blockade of Stralsund happened in 1758.
Blockade - novel - was created in 1998.
Blockade of Barcelona happened in 1808.
Blockade of Africa happened in 1807.
Union blockade happened in 1861.
Valdez Blockade happened in 1993.
The plural form of blockade is blockades.
A blockade runner is a vehicle, mainly a naval vehicle, with the purpose to bring cargo across a military blockade.