naval blockade

1. 1.

   the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power

   Broaderblockade

Questions about naval blockade

What does naval blockade mean?

naval blockade means "the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power".

Is naval blockade a common word?

naval blockade is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.