From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Police, Roadsroadblockroad‧block /ˈrəʊdblɒk $ ˈroʊdblɑːk/ noun [countable]1SCPTTRa place where the police are stoppingtraffic → check point
The police have set up roadblocks to try and catch the two men.2American EnglishSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENING something that stops the progress of a plan
mental roadblocks that get in the way of successExamples from the Corpusroadblock• Inappropriateclothing can be a roadblock to promotion.• In large organizations, the number of roadblocks and lowpoints can seem infinite, particularly when something new is being tried.• And the people running this particular roadblock were teen-age guerrillasrobbing passers-by and stealing cars.• Near Kaesong and Panmunjom, we passed roadblocksset up by the military.• Within an hour of the shootings, police set up ten roadblocks around Las Cruces.• Ten yards to go and he heard the driver of the Discoveryaccelerate away from the roadblock.• But Louis had posted the roadblock to stop anyone with authorityreturning to Belpan City.• Police set up roadblockscircling Harare and prevented thousands of people from gathering in the city centre.set up roadblocks• In 1997, officersarrested more than 80 members of the RainbowFamily after setting up roadblocks to control the crowds.• Police did nothing to stop them from burning dozens of homes and setting up roadblocks to prevent the Madurese escaping.• Police set up roadblocks circling Harare and prevented thousands of people from gathering in the city centre.
