Definition of "blockades" []

• Plural form of blockade. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade. (verb)

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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."
• "Past US presidents, including Dwight Eisenhower and Jack Kennedy, called blockades acts of war."
• "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."