blockade
noun
the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
are blockading
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present progressiveof blockade.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Private-sector employees are still working, but strikers are blockading three garbage incinerator plants outside Paris, so some of the trash that gets picked up has nowhere to go.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
At least 100 civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal plant since Saturday, but hundreds of other people remain holed up in the sprawling complex, which Russian forces are blockading.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2022
Madaya and Zabadani, just outside the capital, are encircled by pro-government forces, while rebels are blockading Foua and Kafraya, in the country’s northwest.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2016
Protesters are blockading key government buildings with cars, barricades and tents.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2013
I.C.'s cruizers "Mahi," and "Elphinstone," are blockading the harbour of Berberah, the Somal have offered 15,000 dollars' indemnity, and they pretend, as usual, that the murderer has been slain by his tribe.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton
