as in siege
the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies
it was the blockade of all the enemy's major ports that finally won the war
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as in to guard
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
the militant protestors blockaded the whole area around city hall
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as in to besiege
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication
blockaded the city until it surrendered
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Recent Examples of blockade
Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
What would such a blockade mean for Taiwan, and its allies?
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2022
After a massive victory in 2020, Azerbaijan blockaded and then fully annexed the province in 2023, resulting in an exodus of nearly the entire Armenian population.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Sep. 2024
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But then Nagorno-Karabakh was seized by Baku in December 2022 and following a nine-month blockade over 100,000 Armenians were forcibly expelled, during which those Russian peacekeepers stood idly by.
—Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
What would such a blockade mean for Taiwan, and its allies?
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
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When the Soviets blockaded the highway to Berlin in 1948, President Harry Truman rejected his military commanders’ proposal to have U.S. forces fight their way through.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2022
After a massive victory in 2020, Azerbaijan blockaded and then fully annexed the province in 2023, resulting in an exodus of nearly the entire Armenian population.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Sep. 2024
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Tens of thousands flee fighting in northern Gaza Strikes across Gaza killed at least 20 people Wednesday as Israeli forces intensified a siege of northern parts of the Palestinian enclave.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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Then there’s also the fact that the Marine veteran is the former president’s running mate and not Trump’s ex-VP Pence, who was the subject of the January 6, 2021 siege of the Capitol by a MAGA mob wanting to stop the certification of the 2020 election.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
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Further Reading Fencing erected at White House, VP residence as D.C. braces for unrest (The Washington Post) Panic buttons, drones, snipers among plans to guard a high-risk election (The Washington Post) Follow me on Twitter.Conor Murray, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The two most compelling testimonies, from two security officers who claimed to be guarding then-UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, were provided to Hopkins exclusively by letter.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement The Defense Department formally pulled the pier from the Gaza shore on June 28 and declared an end in mid-July to the mission to bring aid into the territory besieged by the war between Israel and Hamas.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Policy Timelines Last but not least the reality is that governmental policy and legislation works on a timeline and cycle that is measured in years, something that the technology industry continues to find out via the multiple hearings and lawsuits that have besieged the sector since 2015.Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Just two years prior, the NFL team had shelled out more than $1.4 million trying to get Becker elected mayor, and another roughly $1 million attacking Mayor Lisa Gillmor.Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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An investigation from DePaul University and the Chicago Police Department is underway after two Jewish students who were visibly showing their support for Israel were attacked on the university’s Lincoln Park campus.NBC Chicago, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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He was arrested in Savannah and is charged with felony counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, and obstruction of law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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According to reports, Buckshot was assaulted last Thursday (Oct. 31), in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Blockade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockade. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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