All 7 Uses
blockade
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- These Alfas and Victors appear to be racing for our coast, almost certainly with the intention of establishing an interdiction force—effectively a blockade of our Atlantic coast.†
Chpt 6.blockade = action to keep people and goods from reaching a location
- "Blockade," the president said, "an ugly word."†
Chpt 6.
- What with these Alfas, they might be trying to blockade our coast.†
Chpt 8.
- I can see the pattern for a search and rescue, but why blockade our ports?†
Chpt 8.
- They have subs all over the Atlantic, and it looks like they're trying to blockade our coast.†
Chpt 8.
- Somebody did that back in World War II, to put the grab on a German blockade runner right before we got into it.†
Chpt 8. *
- "Maybe they want to blockade Norfolk," Reynolds suggested.†
Chpt 8.
Definitions:
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(1)
(blockade) action to keep people and goods from reaching a location
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, blockade can refer to any blockage--such as a physiological obstruction of a biochemical receptor.