Definition of Blockades

1. Noun. (plural of blockade) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of blockade) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blockades

1. blockade [v] - See also: blockade

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blockades

block polymers
block up
block vote
blockable
blockade
blockade-runner
blockade runner
blockade runners
blockade whiskey
blockade whiskeys
blockaded
blockader
blockaders
blockades (current term)
blockading
blockage
blockages
blockboard
blockboards
blockbust
blockbusted
blockbuster
blockbuster drug
blockbusters
blockbustery
blockbusting
blockbustings
blockbusts

Literary usage of Blockades

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"Ject o^ tne British blockades, Wellesley finally replied, not, as Pinkney had hoped, by a general declaration that none of those early blockades any longer ..."

2. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"De facto and public blockades — §11. If blockading vessels be driven away by ... In case of de facto blockades — § 27. Where presumption of intention cannot ..."

3. Letters by Historicus on Some Questions of International Law: Reprinted from by Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1863)
"blockades BY CRUISING SQUADRONS. I HAVE endeavoured to point out how entirely unfounded was the assertion of M. Hautefeuille that England had habitually ..."

4. Halleck's International Law, Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States by Henry Wager Halleck (1893)
"Public blockades—11. If blockading vessels be driven away by superior force—12. ... In case of de facto blockades — 27. Where presumption of intention ..."

5. Pacific Blockade by Albert Edmond Hogan (1908)
"CHAPTER II CLASSIFICATION OF PACIFIC blockades ALTHOUGH only about twenty ... Many of the blockades have had little more in common than the fact that they ..."

6. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"Extent of blockades. §510c. confiscation if he can catch the perpetrators in the act. ... There is an important distinction between sieges and blockades. ..."

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