During the conflict, the naval blockade prevented all merchant ships from entering the port, cutting off essential supplies.
在冲突期间，海军封锁阻止了所有商船进入港口，切断了基本物资供应。
Which choice best defines “blockade”?
A — An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. “blockade” means an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Which word means “an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving”?
C — blockade. “blockade” means an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
blockade — an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. In Chinese: 封锁.
blockade is pronounced /blɒˈkeɪd/.
During the conflict, the naval blockade prevented all merchant ships from entering the port, cutting off essential supplies. (在冲突期间，海军封锁阻止了所有商船进入港口，切断了基本物资供应。)
siege, embargo, barricade — all close in meaning to blockade (an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving).
Yes. blockade is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.