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• blockade — ► NOUN ▪ an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. ► VERB ▪ set up a blockade of. ● run a blockade Cf. ↑run a blockade …   English terms dictionary

• blockade — n Blockade, siege are comparable when denoting an attempt of a belligerent force to break down the resistance of the enemy by preventing egress or ingress of men or entrance of supplies over a considerable period of time. Blockade is used chiefly …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• blockade — [blä kād′] n. [ BLOCK + ADE] 1. a shutting off of a port or region of a belligerent state by the troops or ships of the enemy in order to prevent passage in or out in time of war 2. any blocking action designed to isolate another nation and cut… …   English World dictionary

• blockade-runner — blockade′ run ner n. mil a ship or person that passes through a blockade • Etymology: 1860–65 block•ade′ run ning, n …   From formal English to slang

• run a blockade — ► run a blockade (of a ship) manage to enter or leave a blockaded port. Main Entry: ↑blockade …   English terms dictionary

• run — [run] vi. ran or Dial. run, run, running [altered (with vowel prob. infl. by pp.) < ME rinnen, rennen < ON & OE: ON rinna, to flow, run, renna, to cause to run (< Gmc * rannjan); OE rinnan, iornan: both < Gmc * renwo < IE base * er …   English World dictionary

• Run — Run, v. t. 1. To cause to run (in the various senses of {Run}, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block. [1913 Webster] 2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. [1913 Webster] To run… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• blockade-runner — blockade running, n. /blo kayd run euhr/, n. a ship or person that passes through a blockade. [1860 65] * * * …   Universalium

• run|ner — «RUHN uhr», noun. 1. a person, animal, or thing that runs; racer: »A runner arrived out of breath. The world s fastest runners can cover 100 yards in less than 10 seconds (Walter H. Gregg). 2. a) Baseball. a base runner: »The game was close with… …   Useful english dictionary

• Blockade runner — A blockade runner is a term applied to ships used to evade a naval blockade of a harbor or strait, as opposed to confronting the blockaders to break the blockade. Very often blockade running is done in order to transport cargo, for example to… …   Wikipedia

• blockade — n. 1) to impose; maintain a blockade 2) to break (through); lift; run a blockade 3) a blockade against; on * * * [blɒ keɪd] lift maintain a blockade on run a blockade a blockade against to impose to break …   Combinatory dictionary