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Grammar : Noun
Spell : rohd-blok
Phonetic Transcription : ˈroʊdˌblɒk



Définition of roadblock

Origin :
  • 1940, from road + block (n.).
  • noun barrier
Example sentences :
  • Then, tonight, you took the chance of finding the roadblock.
  • Extract from : « The Flaming Mountain » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • Ten yards past the roadblock he turned around and looked at Malone.
  • Extract from : « Occasion for Disaster » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Malone got the car going; the roadblock was lifted for him and he went on by.
  • Extract from : « Occasion for Disaster » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • I'm sure the Cassylians don't want to advertise their bad sportsmanship so there won't be anything as crude as a roadblock.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • Removal of this roadblock has high priority in my legislative recommendations.
  • Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various
  • The governor's car with its police escort rolled through the streets of Calor, en route to the roadblock at the hotel road.
  • Extract from : « The Flaming Mountain » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • After we got out to Stemmons—they'd set up a roadblock just as you entered Stemmons Expressway.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • A quarter of a mile ahead of the fugitives, the first of the four roadblock units came plowing over the rise.
  • Extract from : « Code Three » by Rick Raphael

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