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Antonyms for barriers


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bar-ee-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbær i ər



Definition of barriers

Origin :
  • early 14c., barere, from Anglo-French barrere, Old French barriere "obstacle, gatekeeper," from barre "bar" (see bar (n.1)). First record of barrier reef is from 1805.
  • noun obstruction
  • noun obstruction to goal
Example sentences :
  • Barriers, moreover, must certainly have been thrown across that street.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Already the barriers of custom and common-sense were raising their solid heads.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • All barriers were broken down, and she clung to him and cried.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • She had chafed when the barriers rose between her mind and theirs.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • Hence there should be a free crossing of the barriers in use of materials at all times.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • We perforce took our peeps at nature from behind the barriers.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • With his father's might Pyrrhus presses on; nor guards nor barriers can hold out.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • When the barriers are down and the masks are off, God has a chance of making us really one.
  • Extract from : « The Calvary Road » by Roy Hession
  • They are our shields and barriers; our sure defense; our shock absorbers.
  • Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • The barriers passed, your pariah gentleman can be the completest blackguard of them all.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

Synonyms for barriers

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