Blockade and Opening

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Blockade noun - The cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies.

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Opening is an antonym for blockade in barrier topic.

Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Blockade is an antonym for opening.

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

complete	complete blockade	complete opening
initial	initial blockade	initial opening
true	true blockade	true opening
entire	entire blockade	entire opening
Other adjectives: massive, main.

While the Corellian corvette used by Princess Leia to transport the stolen Death Star plans in the film's opening moments is known to fans and in some supplementary material as a "Rebel blockade runner" (canonically known as the CR 90 corvette), this is an Informed Attribute.

Source: Running the Blockade

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