Blockading and Surrounding

Blockading

Blockading adjective - Blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors.

Surrounding and blockading are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surrounding" instead a noun "Blockading".

Nearby Words: blockaded, blockade

Surrounding

Surrounding adjective - Closely encircling.
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Synonyms for Surrounding

Blockading and surrounding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blockading" instead a noun "Surrounding".

Nearby Words: surround, surrounded

Both words in one sentence

  • In The Phantom Menace, all that's needed to conquer Naboo is simply taking the capital city, and "blockading" the whole planet from surrounding space with a handful of ships.
    Source: Planetville
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