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barricade

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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: barricade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: block, usually to protect

Synonyms:

bar, blockade, defend, fortify, obstruct, shut in

Antonyms:

allow, open
Main Entry: bar
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: barrier; blockage

Synonyms:

barricade, blank wall, block, clog, deterrent, encumbrance, fence, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, pale, rail, railing, restraint, road block, snag, stop, stumbling block, traverse, wall

Antonyms:

advantage, aid, help
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: 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: verb
Definition: obstruct

Synonyms:

arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart
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:

let go, let up, open, unblock
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: dam
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold back; block

Synonyms:

bar, barricade, brake, check, choke, clog, close, confine, hinder, hold in, impede, obstruct, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, slow, stop up, suppress

Antonyms:

free, let go, liberate, release, unblock, unclog, unloose
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
Main Entry: difficulty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: problem; situation requiring great effort

Synonyms:

adversity, arduousness, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, deep water, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, fix*, frustration, hardship, hazard, hindrance, hitch*, hot water, impasse, knot*, labor, laboriousness, mess, misfortune, muddle, obstacle, obstruction, pain, painfulness, paradox, perplexity, pickle, predicament, quagmire, quandary, scrape*, snag*, stew, strain, strait, strenuousness, struggle, stumbling block, tribulation, trouble

Antonyms:

calm, ease, felicity, peace, tranquility
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