English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "blokkade" is 'n manier om te verhoed dat goedere of mense 'n gebied binnegaan of verlaat, veral 'n hawe, deur troepe of skepe te plaas om hulle te keer. Dit kan ook verwys na enige struikelblok wat vordering of kommunikasie blokkeer of belemmer, hetsy letterlik of figuurlik. Boonop kan "blokkade" verwys na 'n langdurige militêre operasie waarin een land verskeie maniere gebruik om toegang tot 'n spesifieke gebied of streek te verhoed.

Sentence Examples

  1. Our friends at Hurst will set up a blockade to prevent unauthorised vessels from entering the protected zone, while the eastern approaches will be patrolled by the Royal Navy.
  2. She would will herself through this she could have her breakdown later, on the Ark, once they got past the blockade.
  3. The closer we drew, the more it seemed the blockade was bearing down on us until even the early afternoon sun disappeared prematurely behind its berth.
  4. We know of his success in running the blockade with Fingal.
  5. The blockade once raised, they might embark immediately, and set sail for England or Spain, without fear of being molested.
  6. Within minutes the dead themselves were the blockade, and the men forced forward were crushed into the narrow street, unable to defend themselves, and with no space to draw a sword they were trampled, or if they made it to the front they were hacked down by the men manning the barricades.
  7. Maybe two hundred feet from where I started, I hiked into an unpassable blockade of rock.
  8. Past the blockade, Dwellers walked the narrow alley in masses.
  9. They then placed wooden crisscross stakes over the top, forming a blockade that would stop both men and horses.
  10. Their supply lines dried up due to the Deerland Blockade.