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.
will blockade
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future tenseof blockade.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Plus, the U.S. will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after Iran talks fall apart, and a chatbot relationship proves fatal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
“I’m supposed to travel abroad soon, and I’m quite worried that Chinese military maneuvers will blockade us, and I won’t be able to go,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2022
She is now free from any further fear that they will blockade her ports, and can fight the enemy without interference.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
The Powers sent word to Greece, that unless the troops are recalled from the frontier, they will blockade all her ports.
From The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 24, April 22, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Julia Truitt Bishop
You will blockade us; but I will blockade you in my turn.
From Napoleon Bonaparte by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
