blockading

blɒˈkeɪdɪŋ
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Translation of blockading into German

Adjective

1.

restrictive

preventing access or progress
blockierend absperrend
  • The blockading forces hindered all movement in the area..Die blockierenden Kräfte behinderten jegliche Bewegung im Gebiet
2.

military

preventing entry or exit from a place
blockierend absperrend versperrend
  • The blockading forces surrounded the harbor.Die blockierenden Kräfte umzingelten den Hafen.
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Synonyms and analogies of blockading in English

Examples of blockading in a sentence

  • Blockading troops cut off all supply routes.
  • The blockading ships formed a tight perimeter around the island.
  • Blockading troops ensured no supplies could reach the city.
blockade
blɒˈkeɪd
Noun
1.

conflict

something that prevents access or progress
  • The fallen tree created a blockade on the road.Der umgestürzte Baum bildete eine Straßensperre.
2.

military

physical blocking of a place to prevent access
  • The naval blockade stopped all ships from entering the harbor.Die Seeblockade stoppte alle Schiffe daran, den Hafen zu betreten.
Verb
tr.
1.

obstruct

create a barrier to stop movement
  • The protesters blockade the main highway.Die Demonstranten blockierten die Hauptstraße.
2.

military

prevent access to or from an area by using troops or ships
  • The navy blockaded the port to stop the enemy supplies..Die Marine blockierte den Hafen, um die feindlichen Lieferungen zu stoppen

Expressions with blockade: examples in English and translations in German

blockiert
abgeriegelt
The city was under blockade for several months.
Vergeltungsblockade
Gegenblockade
The country imposed a retaliatory blockade after the attack.
die Blockade durchbrechen
eine Blockade überwinden
The ship tried to run the blockade at night.
militärische Blockade
The city was under a military blockade for months.
Seeblockade
The naval blockade crippled the enemy's supply lines.
eine Blockade durchbrechen
eine Blockade überwinden
The ship tried to run a blockade at night.

Translations of "blockading" in Context ordered by category and frequency

dieBlockade

The measures include blockading two trading ports.

Dies führte zur Blockade zweier Handelshäfen.

Blockieren

In such a situation we are not really blockading the port.

In so einer Situation blockieren wir nicht wirklich den Hafen.

blockierten

Instead they decided to take direct action, blockading the roads of the entire region and shutting it down.

Statt dessen entschieden sie sich für direkte Aktionen. Sie blockierten die Straßen der gesamten Region und legten sie lahm.

dieBlockadepolitik

Nevertheless, critics accuse de Wever of pushing Belgium's division forward with his blockading policies.

Doch de Wever muss sich vorwerfen lassen, die Spaltung mit seiner Blockadepolitik selbst voranzutreiben.

Blockierung

Subject: Repeated blockading of the Czech state border crossing at Dolní Dvořiště/Wullowitz

Betrifft: Wiederholte Blockierung des tschechischen Grenzübergangs Wullowitz/Dolní Dvořiště

Blockadehaltung

The young farmers taking part in this rally with over 50 events are calling on the federal government to abandon its blockading of the reform of the EU Agricultural Policy in favour of family farms and a fair and ecological agricultural policy that is also humane to animals.

Die jungen Bäuerinnen und Bauern, die diese Sternfahrt mit über 50 Veranstaltungen durchführen, fordern von der Bundesregierung, ihre Blockadehaltung zur Neuausrichtung der EU-Agrarpolitik aufzugeben zugunsten einer bäuerlichen, fairen, tiergerechten und ökologischen Landwirtschaftspolitik.

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blockading: Examples and translations in context

After the police had cleared and afterwards occupied the site themselves, their supplies were cut off by blockading protesters.

Nachdem die Polizei geräumt hatte und ihrerseits die Baustelle besetzt hielt, wurde ihr von DemonstrantInnen mit Blockaden der Nachschub abgeschnitten.

They may not express it in words but they do in action such as blockading nuclear transport.

Sie äußern sie nicht in Worten, sondern mit Taten, zum Beispiel durch die Blockade des Transports von nuklearem Material.

That's why they are protesting and blockading the highway and want to stay here in hunger strike.

Deswegen protestieren sie und blockieren die Straße und wollen dort ihren Hungerstreik weiterführen.

If the separatist are blockading the planet and we help the republic it will destroy our neutrality.

Wenn die Separatisten den Planeten blockieren und wir helfen der Republik, dann zerstört das unsere Neutralität.

We had held the date close, to put these governments in the same position the common man they planned to murder are in, so that rotation stoppage would happen suddenly and prevent a smooth blockading of the city dwellers.

Wir haben das Datum eng bei uns gehalten, um diese Regierungen in gleiche Position zu bringen wie den Normalbürger, den sie umzubringen planten, so daß der Rotationshalt plötzlich geschehen würde und eine schnelle Blockierung der Stadtbewohner verhindern würde.

A few days later, airport workers in Rome staged a wildcat strike, blockading the entrances to the airport, to protest impending lay-offs.

Ein paar Tage später machten ArbeiterInnen am Flughafen von Rom einen wilden Streik und blockierten die Eingänge zum Flughafen, um gegen drohende Entlassungen zu protestieren.

For over two months now, thousands of people have been blockading the streets around the parliament building in Sofia, demanding new elections.

Seit knapp zwei Monaten blockieren Tausende von Menschen jeden Tag die Straßen rund um das Parlament in Sofia und verlangen Neuwahlen.

Dietzel called for an immediate end to this blockading policy, because the waste-disposal situation at German nuclear power plants is worsening dramatically.

Dietzel forderte ein sofortiges Ende dieser Blockadepolitik, da sich die Entsorgungssituation deutscher Kernkraftwerke dramatisch zuspitzt.

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