interdict
Example Sentences
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“They are interdicting stuff 40 to 70 kilometers from the front line. Previously, for those effects, you needed to fly manned aircraft.”
He ended his hunger strike after President Bill Clinton agreed to grant would-be refugees asylum hearings rather than interdicting them at sea and returning them immediately to their violence-wracked country.
From Washington Post
“Augmented by a powerful rocket force, the Chinese navy encircles Taiwan and interdicts any attempts to get ships and aircraft to the besieged island.”
From Washington Times
The Coast Guard tries to interdict Cuban migrants at sea and return them.
From Seattle Times
Under long-standing agreements with Havana, migrants interdicted at sea by the Coast Guard are sent back to the island.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
