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.
is blockading
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present progressiveof blockade (3rd person singular).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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It is blockading energy shipments and supplies for fertilizer and manufacturing and threatening theme parks and cultural sites worldwide through its proxy network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Yes, he, the villain who is blockading Havana and destroying our ships.
From A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy by Upton Sinclair
I am one of the officers of the English admiral who commands the fleet that has destroyed their war-ships and is blockading their towns.
From With Cochrane the Dauntless by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Villeneuve pushed Collingwood's tiny squadron aside and entered Cadiz, where the combined fleet now numbered nearly forty ships of the line, and Collingwood, with delightful coolness, solemnly resumed his blockade—four ships, that is, blockading forty!
From Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes by W. H. (William Henry) Fitchett
