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It may get a runaround
Answer for the clue "It may get a runaround ", 8 letters:
blockade
Word definitions for blockade in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Blockade is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Madeleine Carroll , Henry Fonda and Leo Carrillo . During the Spanish Civil War a farmer takes up arms to fight for the Republican side .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-17c., from block (v.) + -ade , false French ending (the French word is blocus , 18c. in this sense, which seems to be in part a back-formation from the verb bloquer and in part influenced by Middle Dutch blokhuus "blockhouse").
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct , block , hinder , stymie , stymy , embarrass ] render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blockade \Block*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blockaded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blockading .] To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE economic ▪ The economic blockade is accompanied by terror tactics. ▪ Or will the 40-year economic blockade be maintained simply to satisfy the second-generation Miami mafia? naval ▪ After demanding the weapons ...
Usage examples of blockade.
President, as far as international and maritime law are concerned, a blockade is exactly that.
We are back to a blockade now, which would eliminate a Russian resupply.
We would have a very tough time effecting a blockade two weeks from now, with the Russians already supplying Japan--it would mean a confrontation at sea with the Russians.
Once the blockade is in place, I fully expect the Maritime Self Defense Force to come out fighting.
This blockade is a curtain around Japan that will give her leaders something to think about, a curtain of enlightenment.
MacK Donner, the Reagan task force commander and overall commander of the Japanese theater blockade operation.
Japan Oparea and the Scenario Orange Warplan, Annex A, the plan for a naval blockade of the islands.
In the absence of orders, should the blockade be confirmed to stop the Russian traffic, you as senior commander will have the authority to order the other submarines to attack the surface forces.
Looking at them, Pacino for the first time felt that the blockade might work out.
The message read that the approaching battle groups might attempt to set up a blockade, but no matter what happened, no submarine was to attack or molest any incoming American unit--even if there were American submarines approaching in close.
Pacino tried to stay focused, but the way this blockade was happening was foreign to him.
Keebes looked up into the overhead at the television repeater, wondered if the approach of nightfall would make the blockade that much more difficult.
Still, it was hard to believe the tanker would really try to run the blockade, though the threat of submarine attack might or might not work.
Of course, stateside, its sinking was probably seen as a sign that the US meant business, but to Pacino the blockade had failed if the first ship tried to break through.
Other ships of task force split off to enforce blockade further around perimeter of Home Islands, the line the Americans have called exclusion zone boundary.