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Meanings of roadblock in English

Portuguese
barreira
Catalan
barrera
Spanish
barrera

Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective.

barreira
Portuguese
barricada
Catalan
barricada
Spanish
control de carreteras

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

barricada
Usage of roadblock in English
1
Fifteen minutes later the police opened the roadblock and let us through.
Class of 88
2
Slower global economic growth, though, remains the major roadblock to BRIC countries.
Reuters
3
It was a good start, but I still wanted that roadblock gone.
An ordinary man
4
He said the roadblock had prevented medical staff from attending to refugees.
Radio NZ
5
As soon as they reached the exclusion zone roadblock, Mac bounded ahead.
Anvil Gate
6
The mere thought of what might happen at a roadblock sickened me.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
7
They set up a roadblock, freed the officer and arrested her captor.
Wired
8
There was a roadblock on the main route, a hundred yards distant.
The increment: a novel
9
Depending on the type of roadblock, they may request a full search.
The South African
10
They'll set a roadblock for her before she makes the Illinois line.
Mine
11
But when he began asking, he ran up against an unexpected roadblock.
Radio NZ
12
The unknown suspects had fled the scene after removing the makeshift roadblock.
Radio NZ
13
Writing about her was sustaining through the dark days of creative roadblock.
Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
14
He wondered if any of these men had been at the roadblock.
The devil's alphabet
15
I'll have one of my men drive you to the Snowfield roadblock.
Phantoms
16
Perversely, the real roadblock turns out to be not technical but cultural.
Wired
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Roadblock across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare