blockade-runner

A noun referring to a ship or vessel that attempts to pass through or circumvent a naval blockade, often to deliver supplies or break an embargo.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее корабль или судно, которое пытается пройти через военно-морскую блокаду или обойти её, часто для доставки грузов или нарушения эмбарго.

1. Ship that evades a blockade C1 formal

   A vessel designed or used to pass through or around a naval blockade, often to deliver supplies or break an embargo.

   • The blockade-runner slipped past the enemy fleet under cover of darkness.
   • During the war, blockade-runners brought essential goods to the besieged city.
   • The crew of the blockade-runner risked capture every time they sailed.

   🇷🇺Блокадопрорыватель

   Synonyms: runner

• blockade-runners plural form
• blockade-runners' possessive plural form
• blockade-runner's possessive singular form