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blockade
Procedure whereby a belligerent nation prevents the access of its enemy's coast to vital shipping of foodstuffs and war materials (maritime blockade, "blocus maritime"); in peacetime, can be used as a means of pressure by one power against another (pacific blockade, "blocus pacifique"): it leaves the door open for negotiations.
- Del af tale: noun
- Branche/domæne: Military
- Category: Peace keeping
- Company: United Nations
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