The ships were positioned as a blockade just outside of the harbor.
That pirate won't get past our blockade this time, sir.
they put up a Blockade. The blockade stopped us from getting in.
A blockade is shutting off an area by troops.
The troops tried to send in supplies but there was a blockade and they were not able to deliver them.
A blockade runner ran through a naval base.
The pirate ships will often try to run through our blockade.
The naval blockade was no match for our cutters.
The blockade won't be easy to run, but I'll give it my best shot. Blockade, schmockade! Full speed ahead!
A harbor may be protected from pirates by establishing a naval blockade. The fugitives were unable to crash through the police blockade.
A hearty pirate ship makes for a good blockade runner.
The Union blockade of Southern ports prevented the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for the war supplies it so desperately needed.
I got through the blockade with nary a scratch.