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Synonyms for bloc

Grammar : Noun
Spell : blok
Phonetic Transcription : blÉ’k

Définition of bloc

Origin :
  • 1903, in reference to alliances in Continental politics, from French bloc "group, block," from Old French bloc "piece of wood" (see block (n.)).
  • noun coalition
Example sentences :
  • They relate to potential exports from other countries to the Soviet bloc.
  • Extract from : « East-West Trade Trends » by Harold E. Stassen
  • Only $98 of the total went to Communist China, all the rest to the European bloc.
  • Extract from : « East-West Trade Trends » by Harold E. Stassen
  • This Bloc consisted of various parties of the Russian bourgeoisie.
  • Extract from : « Our Revolution » by Leon Trotzky
  • That is what the group or bloc system is, a resolution into component parts.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Mirrors » by Clinton W. Gilbert
  • But the whole are really a bloc, the continental sense of which is rather different from our "block."
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury
  • If they failed to produce the usual amount of rubber on the appointed day they would be put in ‘bloc’ (imprisoned).
  • Extract from : « The Crime of the Congo » by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The three Representatives of the people belonged to the bloc formed against Robespierre.
  • Extract from : « The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 » by Eugne Sue
  • If we break up the threatening mass which the war has taught us to fear, there might be organized a thinkers' bloc.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Mirrors » by Clinton W. Gilbert
  • Either of them has the means at its disposal for imitating the farmers and developing a bloc in the national legislature.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Mirrors » by Clinton W. Gilbert
  • My hostility to the bloc is beyond my control, an evolutionary force gathering way.
  • Extract from : « Books and Persons » by Arnold Bennett

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