Noun
- 1. roadblock, barricade, barrier
- usage: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
- 2. barricade, barrier
- usage: a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy; "they stormed the barricade"
Verb
- 1. barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
- usage: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
- 2. barricade, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
- usage: prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"
- 3. barricade, barricado, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
- usage: block off with barricades
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