Sentence examples for is blockading from inspiring English sources
verb
To create a blockade against.
Belgrade is blockading Montenegro, which is heavily dependent on Serbia for trade.
At the same time, the Saudi navy is blockading the coast to stop arms reaching the Houthis by boat.
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan have arrived to broker a peace process between the inoffensive little planet of Naboo, and the ruthlessly commercial Trade Federation, which is blockading it and preparing to wage war on Naboo for its mercantile ends.
This morning, Silwan is blockaded by the police, and it's on alert.
On the downside, the d-pawn is blockaded, and there is a bit of pressure on the c4 pawn.
Monaco refuses to tax its billionaires and send the proceeds to Paris, so the plucky principality is blockaded.
All the other crossings are controlled by Israel, and Gaza's port is blockaded by the Israeli Navy.
Nearby, the only bridge into this territory is blockaded, open only to those who gain consent from the camp.
Ships are blockading Yemeni ports to stop arms deliveries.
But the troops kept on going, and within a week they were blockading Beirut the way they recently blockaded Ramallah.
In August, he said, his platoon was blockading a road and caught a truck trying to sneak through.
