military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"

naval blockade - the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power

beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege - the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment - any structure that makes progress difficult

stonewall - obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls"

foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"

filibuster - obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation

check - block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey

hang - prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury

bottleneck - slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

close up, obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path"

block off, close off, shut off - block off the passage through

close - bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours"

obstruct, block - shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"

close up, obturate, occlude, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path"

besiege, circumvent, hem in, beleaguer, surround - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"