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Noun: military blockade
  1. (military) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
    "The military blockade of the castle lasted for months";
    - siege, besieging, beleaguering

Derived forms: military blockades

Type of: blockade, encirclement