COUNTERBLOCKADE Synonyms: 17 Similar Words

counterblockade

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Definition of counterblockade

as in isolation

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Additional safety features include gas detection, electrical isolation monitoring, as well as technology designed to prevent battery failures from spreading between cells.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Likewise, Antarctic workers have been studied to learn about the psychological aspects of long-term isolation and small-group dynamics in stressful situations, another key aspect of space exploration.

— Daniella McCahey, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of isolation

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An agent that can both draft and post a journal entry has the same segregation-of-duties problem as a clerk who can do both.

— Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Although this kind of segregation can be seen with greater clarity in DF2, DF4, and DF9, not everyone agrees on how the separation took place.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of segregation

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The conservancy built a 14,400-square-foot greenhouse habitat and a 6,000-square-foot hoop house cold frame to hold up to 500 turtles as a temporary quarantine for new arrivals.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
The phone encounters were conceived before the pandemic, but once quarantine began, the idea of entertaining people through interactive phone plays really began to pick up steam.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of quarantine

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Up front is a colonial-looking bar with high ceilings and chandeliers, then out back there’s the kind of tropical courtyard that NOLA does best, all leafy greenery and convivial seclusion.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
The seller described the property as a compromise-free version of city living and rural seclusion.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of seclusion

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Last month, the EPA repealed a set of standards finalized during the Biden administration that required new and existing plants to reduce carbon pollution by installing carbon capture, sequestration, and storage technology.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Bioaccumulation is a broad term describing the uptake, retention, and sequestration of organic and inorganic contaminants by an organism from its environment through all possible exposure pathways.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of sequestration

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Student groups protesting since mid-September through school blockades have urged supporters to join them.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
The tug was attacked in the Gulf of Oman, south of the narrow Strait of Hormuz, which has faced blockades and attacks in recent months.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

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