interdiction
/ˌɪntəˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/noun [mass noun] chiefly North American
1The action of prohibiting or forbidding something: the interdiction of the slave trade
2The action of intercepting and preventing the movement of a prohibited commodity or person: the interdiction of arms shipments [as modifier]: drug interdiction operations
2.1 Military The action of impeding an enemy force, especially by bombing lines of communication or supply: battlefield air interdiction [count noun]: air, ground, and naval interdictions
Rhymes
- peripherality
- peripheralization
- peripheralize
- peripherally
- peripheral nerve
- peripheral nervous system
- in the middle of
- in the name of
- in the nature of
- in the nature of things
- in the neighbourhood of
- in the nick of time
- in the nip
- in the nude
- in the offing
- in the ordinary way
- in the (or in no) mood for/to do something
- in the (or one's) road
- in the (or one's) way
- in theory
- in the pay of
- in the person of
- in the picture
- in the pink
- in the pipeline