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road⋅block

  [rohd-blok]
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–noun
1. an obstruction placed across a road, esp. of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
2. an obstruction on a road, as a fallen tree or a pile of fallen rocks.
3. a hastily built barricade, as of barbed wire, erected across a road to hold up the advance of an enemy.
4. an action, condition, etc., that obstructs progress toward an objective: Nationalism is a roadblock to European unity.
–verb (used with object)
5. to halt or obstruct with or as if with a roadblock.
Origin:
1935–40; road + block
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road·block   (rōd'blŏk')   
n.  
  1. A barricade or obstruction across a road set up to prevent the escape or passage, as of a fugitive or enemy troops.
  2. An obstruction in a road, as fallen rocks or trees.
  3. Something, such as a situation or condition, that prevents further progress toward an accomplishment.
road'block' v.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry: road·block
Function: noun
: a road barricade set up by law enforcement officers esp. for the purpose of detecting criminal activity
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Language Translation for : roadblock
Spanish: control policial,
German: die Straßensperre,
Japanese: 交通止め
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