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Definition of "blockade-runner" [blockade-runner]

  • One that penetrates or evades a blockade. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "blockade-runner" in a sentence
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  • "Historians think it was a blockade-runner during the civil war."