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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, divider |
| Synonyms: | bank, bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockade, bulwark, curb, dam, embankment, enclosure, facade, fence, fortification, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, levee, limitation, palisade, panel, paneling, parapet, partition, rampart, restriction, retainer, roadblock, screen, side, stockade, stop, surface |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | secure, usually with a length of material |
| Synonyms: | barricade, block, blockade, bolt, caulk, clog, close, dam, deadbolt, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall |
| Antonyms: | loosen, open, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | barricade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blocking object |
| Synonyms: | bar, barrier, blank wall, block, blockade, bulwark, fence, obstruction, palisade, rampart, roadblock, stockade, stop, wall |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | barrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blank wall, blockade, bound, boundary, confines, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortification, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
| Synonyms: | bar, barrier, blank wall, blockage, chunk, clog, hindrance, impediment, jam, mass, obstacle, obstruction, roadblock, snag, stop, stoppage, wall |
| Notes: | a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | blockade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blank wall, clog, closure, embolus, encirclement, hindrance, impediment, infarct, infarction, obstacle, obstruction, restriction, roadblock, siege, snag, stop, stoppage, wall |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | cliff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overhang on hill or mountain |
| Synonyms: | bluff, crag, escarpment, face, precipice, rock face, rocky height, scar, scarp, steep rock, wall |
| Main Entry: | deadlock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stalemate, impasse |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, box*, cessation, checkmate, corner, dead end, dead heat, dilemma, draw, full stop, gridlock, halt, hole, pause, pickle, plight, posture, predicament, quandary, standoff, standstill, tie, wall* |
| Notes: | stalemate does not end - it is the outcome (stale in stalemate is from Anglo-Norman meaning 'be placed'); a standoff or deadlock can end |
| Antonyms: | agreement, breakthrough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons |
| Antonyms: | desertion, flight, surrender |
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