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- noun Plural form of
blockade . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
blockade .
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Examples
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Ever since civilization began blockade has been one of the means of bringing defeat to the enemy, and it is essential that we should maintain blockades against the enemy.
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The blockades are the application of Israeli state resources to deprive Palestinians of key resources prompting considerable fear within the Palestinian population as a whole for the future.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The blockades are the application of Israeli state resources to deprive Palestinians of key resources prompting considerable fear within the Palestinian population as a whole for the future.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Past US presidents, including Dwight Eisenhower and Jack Kennedy, called blockades acts of war.
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Past US presidents, including Dwight Eisenhower and Jack Kennedy, called blockades acts of war.
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On the surface, it appeared that the blockades were an outgrowth of tensions between ethnic Serbs and Albanians on each side of the Ibar River.
NYT > Home Page By DOREEN CARVAJAL 2011
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"The blockades are a challenge in terms of access," Kenny said.
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"The blockades are a challenge in terms of access," Kenny said.
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[blockades, that is, gunboats] 'came, and they all ran off with the blockheads,' (sob, sob, sob,) 'and left me, an old lady of forty-six, obliged to work for a living.'
Army Life in a Black Regiment Higginson, Thomas W 1869
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[blockades, that is, gunboats] 'came, and they all ran off with the blockheads,' (sob, sob, sob,) 'and left me, an old lady of forty-six, obliged to work for a living.'
Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867
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