roadblock
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- n any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
- n a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
- Its unique feature was the rear-facing bench seat, which meant passengers could watch in horror as traffic threatened to rear-end this rolling roadblock of a car.
- Five miles down the road, alerted deputies at another roadblock fired at the passing vehicle, killing Donald Tison.
- At the next roadblock, a telegraph pole laid across the road, a man leans into the car and drunkenly slurs, "We do not like Kikuyu this side.