Roadblock

Word ROADBLOCK
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Definitions and meanings of "Roadblock"

What do we mean by roadblock?

A barricade or obstruction across a road set up to prevent the escape or passage, as of a fugitive or enemy troops. noun

An obstruction in a road, as fallen rocks or trees. noun

Something, such as a situation or condition, that prevents further progress toward an accomplishment. noun

Something that blocks or obstructs a road. noun

An obstacle or impediment. noun

To prevent, hinder. verb

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

Something that blocks or obstructs a road.

An obstacle or impediment.

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The word "roadblock" in example sentences

Sometimes the way past a roadblock is not over it or through it, but to take a different route around it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Perhaps a more legitimate roadblock is doubt about the effectiveness of the flu vaccine. ❋ M.D. David Katz (2010)

Funnel enough money to Amtrak to repair the out-of-service cars (the main roadblock to increasing service right now). ❋ Unknown (2009)

One roadblock is hit after Jackson waxes nostalgic about famous friends. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another roadblock is that most of the incentives for clean energy development are structured as tax-credits, so most potential community organizations (including non-profits like churches and schools, Native American tribes, etc.) can't take advantage of them. ❋ Billy Parish (2010)

But the real roadblock is in Brussels, where the European Parliament has unilaterally demanded that the administration renegotiate the E.U. - U.S. agreement on travel reservation data -- launching the fourth set of talks on this topic in seven years. ❋ Stewart Baker (2010)

Republicans will be judged by the history as the main roadblock that stood before heath care reform until the very last moment. annie s ❋ Unknown (2009)

One potential roadblock is the amount of equity required to complete a deal, estimated at up to $4 billion, said the people familiar with the matter. ❋ Gina Chon (2010)

One major roadblock is Orascom's Algerian unit, Djezzy, which the Algerian government has prevented from being sold in the past. ❋ William Mauldin (2010)

The decision is a long-term roadblock that indicates "less of a bright future for corn-based ethanol," said Michael Swanson, agricultural economist with Wells Fargo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The roadblock is the question: what is politically possible? ❋ Unknown (2006)

I still think we could run into a short-term roadblock for bulls if the economic news is weak (and we have tons of inflation, retail sales and production data coming this week). ❋ Unknown (2010)

What you call a roadblock is a mere stop-and-search ". ❋ Unknown (2010)

It’s driving me nuts that people don’t see where the real roadblock is here, but I suppose it’s always easiest to blame the hippies — - this despite the fact that at every step of the way the liberals have given in and the conserva-dems have doubled down. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am a regular reader of zenhabits and now this one. you wrote that blogwriter should be himself at the time of writing. now here i want to start my blog but roadblock is that english is not my native language. i am pretty good at expressing thoughts in my language …. but in english, not so good. so any writer have to follow these constrains also in this internet arena. isn’t it so? ❋ Unknown (2008)

The roadblock is the fact of U.S. dependence on nuclear deterrence. ❋ Douglas J. Feith And Abram N. Shulsky (2009)

The roadblock was a 1972 "Dear Comrades" letter a Harvard researcher said he stumbled upon in the Soviet Communist Party archives in Moscow. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The slaughter reported in this week's news of people on a Baghdad bus that didn't stop for soldiers at a roadblock is a case in point. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The slaughter reported in this week\'s news of people on a Baghdad bus that didn\'t stop for soldiers at a roadblock is a case in point. ' ❋ Unknown (2007)

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