Atrioventricular block. Sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression. v. blocked, blockÂ·ing, blocks To arrest passage through; obstruct.
The Neutrality Acts of the 1930âs were a series of laws passed by Congress to subside the growing turmoil in Asia and Europeâfeuds that eventually led to World War II. The Neutrality Acts ultimately spawned out of Americaâs willingness to practice non-interventionism and isolationism.
A non-aggression pact or neutrality pact is a national treaty between two or more states/countries where the signatories promise not to engage in military action against each other. Sometimes non-aggression pacts and neutrality pacts have been considered different.