roadblock English

Meaning roadblock meaning

What does roadblock mean?

roadblock

— noun (= barrier) any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective intolerance is a barrier to understanding

— noun a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc

Synonyms roadblock synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as roadblock?

roadblock English » English

barrier

barricade

stymie

block

stymy

road block

obstruct

obstacle

hinder

wall

thwart

tapadal

stupefy

stunt

stonewall

speed bump

retard

protect

prevent

obstruction

inhibit

impediment

impede

hurdle

hindrance

hinderance

hazard

hang-up

get in the way

drag

disincentive

diriment impediment

deterrent

detain

dam

curb

cumber

closed checkpoint

clog

brake

blockade

be in the way

Examples roadblock examples

How do I use roadblock in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The roadblock is only temporary. It will be removed when the construction is finished.

Movie subtitles

Damn it, you're a regular roadblock!

I'm pulling the first shift on the roadblock.

Put on that steel pot and get over to the roadblock.

They were searching me on a roadblock, so I put them in my pocket.

Him and Hansan are on a roadblock.

What about the tank at the roadblock?

Looks like a roadblock, sir.

Roadblock.

It was a tank roadblock, but they knocked it out.

They've got a roadblock at the bridge.

Running a roadblock, resisting public order.

It's a roadblock.

The roadblock is about 3,000 feet away.

With a heavily defended roadblock and machine gun nests on both sides.

Dammit, you're a regular roadblock!

Hear there's a roadblock on the other side.

That's a roadblock.

The Japanese have a roadblock on the Honan Road 30 miles south of Yang Cheng.

You're walking into an enemy roadblock. Oh.

But the roadblock.

Have them put up a roadblock on Route 6!

Without that roadblock, it would've been easy.

Roadblock!

There's a roadblock.

Remember, a couple of nights ago, you were stopped in a roadblock?

You think it's a roadblock?

We're putting up a roadblock in Michaux. Don't let any cars pass.

Look - a roadblock. Something must be going down.

At the roadblock, we've just begun.

Down the roadblock, we've just begun.

The roadblock?

I'd just passed a roadblock at Chalon.

Which is way beyond any roadblock.

We've got a roadblock waiting for them at Miller's Bridge.

Jump out back and bypass the roadblock. We'll pick you up.

News and current affairs

So, while green accounting certainly can play a role, we must not allow it to become a roadblock to development.

This will require that America recognize the validity of Europe's view of the Israel-Palestinian conflict as the major roadblock toward a peaceful Middle East.

These opposing forces within the Kingdom have created an almost insurmountable roadblock.

And the peace process will creep forward - more process than peace - until it encounters the next roadblock.

Even if most Israelis never see a roadblock, the security wall, or forcible evictions, the habit of looking away, not wishing to know, is a form of corruption.

However, as long as there is a roadblock every 14 kilometers between Lagos and Abidjan - two of West Africa's leading cities - progress on the ground will be slow.

If this roadblock cannot be overcome and the agreement stalls, the Abe government's approval ratings will suffer, despite progress in the negotiations.