This is the 5799th most frequent Korean word.
봉쇄로
"봉쇄로" means "blockade route" or "blocked road" in English.
Here, '봉쇄로' refers to 'by means of blocking or locking down' in the context of halting the spread of an epidemic.
정부는 전염병 확산을 막기 위해 도시 봉쇄로 대응했다.
The government responded to the epidemic's spread with a city lockdown.
Here, '봉쇄로' denotes the reason for the meeting's postponement, being a military blockade that prevented its occurrence.
중요한 회담이 군사 봉쇄로 연기됐다.
The important meeting was postponed due to the military blockade.
In this sentence, '봉쇄로' is used to express the cause of economic impact, indicating that the transport lockdown led to economic struggles.