economic blockade

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• blockade — ▪ I. blockade block‧ade 1 [blɒˈkeɪd ǁ blɑː ] noun [countable] 1. the surrounding of a country or an area during a war in order to stop goods from entering or leaving: • On Oct. 3rd the Yugoslav navy began a blockade of seven Croatian ports. 2.… …   Financial and business terms

• Blockade of Armenia — TurkeySince 1993 the Republic of Turkey has been taking War Measures against Armenia, as it is considered by the international law. By now the efforts of the Armenian government to remove the blockade from the western and eastern borders of the… …   Wikipedia

• blockade — I UK [blɒˈkeɪd] / US [blɑˈkeɪd] noun [countable] Word forms blockade : singular blockade plural blockades an official action that is intended to prevent people or goods from moving from one place to another lift a blockade (= end a blockade): The …   English dictionary

• blockade — 01. The road to the forest was [blockaded] by protesters trying to stop the logging company from cutting down the centuries old trees. 02. The police had set up a [blockade] to keep demonstrators from entering the Legislative Buildings. 03.… …   Grammatical examples in English

• blockade — block|ade1 [ bla keıd ] noun count an official action that is intended to prevent people or goods from moving from one place to another: lift a blockade (=end a blockade): The blockade of the harbor will be lifted at midnight. impose a blockade ( …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• blockade — 1 noun (usually singular) the surrounding of an area by soldiers or ships to stop people or supplies leaving or entering: a naval blockade | lift/raise the blockade (=to end a blockade) | impose a blockade: They ve imposed an economic blockade on …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• blockade — block|ade1 [blɔˈkeıd US bla: ] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: BLOCK1 + French ade action of ] 1.) [usually singular] the surrounding of an area by soldiers or ships to stop people or supplies leaving or entering ▪ a naval blockade ▪ They ve imposed… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• blockade — [[t]blɒke͟ɪd[/t]] blockades, blockading, blockaded 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it. Striking lorry drivers agreed to lift their blockades of main roads …   English dictionary

• Blockade — For other uses, see Blockade (disambiguation). An action during the British fleet s blockade of the French port of Toulon between 1810 and 1814, depicted by Thomas Luny …   Wikipedia

• Economic collapse — An economic collapse is a devastating breakdown of a national, regional, or territorial economy. It is essentially a severe economic depression characterised by a sharp increase in bankruptcy and unemployment. A full or near full economic… …   Wikipedia

• Economic History of the Netherlands (1500 - 1815) — The Economic History of the Netherlands (1500 1815), is the history of an economy that some consider to be the first modern economy, continuously existing to this day. It covers the period from the time in which the geographic area currently… …   Wikipedia