barriers

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obstruction n.
obstruction to goal n.

NOUN

obstruction

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barricade blockade boundary fence hurdle impediment limit obstacle railing roadblock wall

STRONG

bar bound confines curtain ditch enclosure fortification gully moat palisade rampart stop trench

WEAK

blank wall pale

Antonyms

STRONGEST

assistance help opening

STRONG

open

NOUN

obstruction to goal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

difficulty drawback hindrance hurdle impediment obstacle restraint restriction stumbling block

STRONG

bar check encumbrance limitation preventive

WEAK

pale

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advantage aid assistance benefit freedom help

WEAK

opening

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barriers

Any solution will have to overcome several barriers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Sirens sounded and barriers were raised at the base entrance, according to KEYT, which was also part of the convoy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Polish and German soldiers worked for five weeks at the frontier to dig trenches, lay barbed wire and place long lines of concrete barriers known as "hedgehogs" across the landscape.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Wright hasn’t seen any businesses capable of tackling this yet, given technological and organizational barriers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Most of them only see the ungiving soil from which a man must wrestle his subsistence and the barriers that shut him out from the world.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson