interdiction

plural interdictions

1. countableuncountableThe act of interdicting or something interdicted.

   He went off in a hurry, victim to that senseless interdiction against sobriety which closes the pubs at six o'clock, and thereby convicts the populace of collective imbecility.

   1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 66

2. countableuncountablegovernmentThe destruction of an enemy's military potential before it can be used.

   “Russia relies on its shadow fleet to fund their conflict in Ukraine and our interdiction delivers a blow to Putin’s illegal war.”

   2026 June 14, Mark Brown, Jessica Elgot, quoting Dan Jarvis, “British armed forces intercept Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in Channel”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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   Under Emergency War Powers Reg. 903.5, you are hereby authorized to assume command of the Normandy SR-2. You are directed to begin interdiction operations against any and all enemies posing a threat to Earth, its colonies, and its allies.

   2012, BioWare, quoting Steven Hackett, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Reinstatement