Može li mi neko reći da li glagol block ima neko drugo značenje u ovoj rečenici osim "blokirati":
Korea was a protectorate.
ln all, Japan's empire stretched from Taiwan
in the south to Sakhalin in the north.
With an eye to further expansion,
her naval and military leaders
identified the powers they thought most
likely to block her supremacy in Asia.
Nema mi logike da se moć blokira (suzbije, smanji) širenjem države. Ja bih stavio "učvrsti", "ojača".