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.
blockader
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a word derived from
blockade.
Example Sentences
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She can only try to beat the blockader.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Schooner, ahoy!" shouted the officer of a boat sent off by the nearest blockader.
From Within The Enemy's Lines by Oliver Optic
I was tooken in a blockader, eight on us.
From A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic
He had learned that several vessels were loading with cotton at Appalachicola, with the intention of running the blockade, if there was any blockader off Cape St. George.
From Stand By The Union by L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman
The blockader that fired that shot must have got a sight at the steamer, and she is still pegging away at her.
From A Victorious Union by Oliver Optic
