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Blockading meaning

present participle and gerund of blockade

Synonyms of Blockading

Using Blockading

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of blockade
  • Useful related words include: preventive, preventative.
  • In the example corpus, blockading often appears in combinations such as: the blockading, blockading squadron, been blockading.

Context around Blockading

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Blockading

  • In this selection, "blockading" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, started, weapons, iran, squadron, crucial and police stand out and add context to how "blockading" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and started blockading its seaports and besiege rome blockading it so. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blockading" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blockading

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Charleston. (6 words)

Azerbaijan has been blockading crucial supplies from Armenians since December. (10 words)

Handy previously spent for blockading a Michigan abortion clinic in 2019. (11 words)

The video appearance comes as the RSF is pressing a multi-day attack on the Armored Corps base in southern Khartoum, the army's only other major base in the capital apart from army command, which the RSF says it is blockading. (42 words)

The incident, which took place late last night, saw a group of 50-60 villagers wielding batons, sticks, rods, and sharp weapons, blockading police officers who were responding to a call near the Lakshminagar area under Churaibari police station. (39 words)

Methods of compulsion against recalcitrant states would include severe measures, such as "blockading and closing the frontiers of that power to commerce or intercourse with any part of the world and to use any force that may be necessary.. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Azerbaijan has been blockading crucial supplies from Armenians since December.

Handy previously spent for blockading a Michigan abortion clinic in 2019.

The video appearance comes as the RSF is pressing a multi-day attack on the Armored Corps base in southern Khartoum, the army's only other major base in the capital apart from army command, which the RSF says it is blockading.

Ukraine is a major global grain producer and exporter, but production and exports have fallen since Russia the country last February and started blockading its seaports.

The incident, which took place late last night, saw a group of 50-60 villagers wielding batons, sticks, rods, and sharp weapons, blockading police officers who were responding to a call near the Lakshminagar area under Churaibari police station.

God forbid that we have a real crisis – a material outbreak of coronavirus on our shores, a serious action between North and South Korea, Iran blockading oil-tanker traffic.

Protesters who'd been blockading a CN Rail line near Montreal clear out shortly after riot police arrive on scene ready to enforce an injunction to clear the tracks.

We condemn the blockading of oil terminals in the east of Libya, which has led to the declaration of Force Majeure by the National Oil Corporation.

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Nickarz said the charge related to non-violent civil disobedience related to blockading logging operations in an old-growth rainforest on Vancouver Island's Clayoquot Sound.

Hardy and Dash started the match and Dash got the early upper hand after striking Matt in the face and blockading him in his corner.

Northeastern forces managed to prevent the Imperium from properly bringing their amassed firepower to bear against the already damaged space station by blockading the system and using a structure that disables any independent jump drive on a ship.

The central claims of the blockading neighbours, that Qatar supported terrorism, has never stuck internationally.

Congress, now set ablaze by the retaliatory shelling, burned for many hours into the night, a symbol of Confederate naval power and a costly wake-up call for the all-wood Union blockading squadron.

Evidently believing the main Aragonese fleet was raiding down the coast, he hoped to destroy the blockading squadron and return to Naples before it returned.

He marched and proceeded to besiege Rome, blockading it so that no one was able to leave the city.

Methods of compulsion against recalcitrant states would include severe measures, such as "blockading and closing the frontiers of that power to commerce or intercourse with any part of the world and to use any force that may be necessary..

On one occasion a division on Service went home in the middle of blockading a Danish army on Thorney Island, its provisions consumed and its term expired, before the king came to relieve them.

Over 200 American privateer ships were captured by the Royal Navy, many of which were turned on their former owners and used by the British blockading forces.

Quarstein, 2006, p. 45 Yet Monitor was still able to challenge Virginia and prevent her from further destroying the remaining ships in the Union flotilla blockading Hampton Roads.

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Charleston.

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Common combinations with blockading

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blockading" in a sentence?
An example: "Azerbaijan has been blockading crucial supplies from Armenians since December." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "blockading" from authentic English texts.
What does "blockading" mean?
Blockading means: present participle and gerund of blockade
What are synonyms of "blockading"?
Common synonyms of "blockading" include: preventive, preventative.
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "blockading", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.