blockade-runner
noun
a ship or person that passes through a blockade.
blockade-running
-
a word derived from
blockade-runner.
Example Sentences
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The Oscar-nominated supervising sound editor Matthew Wood, a 24-year Lucasfilm veteran, incorporated effects from the original film — the steady metallic hum of Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber, the putter of Princess Leia’s blockade-running ship.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2014
But now any similarity between Butler, that blockade-running profiteer, and Brown is frankly causing the Governor to give a damn.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nothing new in classic blockade-running has been developed.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the Civil War the Southern Baptists evangelized fervently among Confederate soldiers, financed their foreign missions in part by blockade-running cotton exports to England.
From Time Magazine Archive
This blockade-running is an extraordinary instance of British energy and enterprise.
From Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 by Arthur James Lyon Fremantle
