Crossword clues for roadblock
roadblock
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 Something that blocks or obstructs a road. 2 An obstacle or impediment. vb. (context colloquial English) To prevent, hinder.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A roadblock is a temporary installation set up to control or block traffic along a road. The reasons for one could be:
- Roadworks
- Temporary road closure during special events
- Police chase
- Robbery
- Sobriety checkpoint
In peaceful circumstances, they are usually installed by the police or road transport authorities; they are also commonly employed during wars and are usually staffed by heavily armed soldiers in that case. During protests and riots, both police and demonstrators sometimes use roadblocks.
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Roadblock is a 1951 American film noir starring Charles McGraw and Joan Dixon. The 73-minute crime thriller was shot on location in Los Angeles, California. The film was directed by Harold Daniels and the cinematography is by Nicholas Musuraca.
Roadblock was a combat robot that competed on the British television series Robot Wars. Constructed in 1997 by A-level students from Bodmin Community College, the robot was initially called "Road Rage" but was renamed in response to a request from the programme's producers. Both names were derived from the robot's distinctive construction from metal roadsigns. Roadblock was champion of the first series of Robot Wars and finished in third place for the second series. Although Roadblock was armed with a circular saw weapon, its success was primarily due to its wedge-shaped body—Roadblock could drive underneath opponent robots and invert them, rendering many immobile.
For the third series of Robot Wars, the Roadblock team returned with an extensively modified successor to Roadblock called Beast of Bodmin. This robot was equipped with the same circular saw blade weapon alongside fibre glass armour-plating and a powered lifting tusk to assist with flipping its opponents. Beast of Bodmin was defeated in the second round of the series semi-finals, and after this the Roadblock team never again appeared on Robot Wars.
Roadblock is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's Heavy Machine Gunner and debuted in 1984.
Roadblock is one of the most prominent African-Americans in the series. He is portrayed by Dwayne Johnson in the 2013 film G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
Roadblock may refer to:
- Roadblock (barrier), a temporary installation set up to control or block traffic along a road
- Police roadblock, a roadblock operated to check traffic along a road
- Raasta roko ("obstruct the road" in Hindi), a commonly practiced form of protest in India
Roadblock may also refer to:
Roadblock is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.
Roadblock (March 2016) was a live professional wrestling event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based promotion, that aired exclusively on the WWE Network. The event's name was a reference to its position on the "Road to WrestleMania".
The inaugural event took place on March 12, 2016 at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nine matches (including two dark matches) were contested on the event. The main event saw Triple H defeat Dean Ambrose to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
In July 2016, it was announced that the second event will take place on December 18, 2016 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thus, the name is now a reference to the event being the final Raw WWE Network event before the aforementioned "Road to WrestleMania."
Usage examples of "roadblock".
United States 7th Infantry Division were manning a hastily erected roadblock on the dirt road paralleling Korean National Route 1.
There were only two American divisions in the Seoul area, the 7th and the 1st Marine, and the armed Americans at the roadblock were not Marines.
When Jennings got close to the roadblock, he suddenly stopped the jeep and raised his hands over his head.
Allen III, a somewhat plump, pleasant-faced twenty-seven-year-old who was commanding officer of Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 7th Infantry Division, was hesitantly pleased with his current mission, the establishment and operation of a roadblock on a road south of Suwon.
Charley Company roadblock and Division Headquarters, none of them direct.
MP-5 he had put on the floorboards and told the men in back to be ready to shoot at the roadblock as they rammed through.
As they came closer, Murdock saw that both roadblock rigs were sedans.
The weapons in back of the six-by kept yammering as the truck plowed past the rest of the roadblock and slammed down the highway, picking up speed.
Our objective is that first Loyalist roadblock up the river about forty miles away.
We should be able to move in and take out the personnel, then borrow one of their vehicles and charge right through that second roadblock down the way.
SEALs turned around and fired at the roadblock they had just come through.
It had a friendly growth of brush and trees they could use for cover as they passed the roadblock half a mile over and kept right on going.
We travel down that way, and as soon as we spot the roadblock ahead, the three of us will get off while you and your driver continue on.
Five miles out of the main port of town, they spotted the roadblock ahead.
The guards at the first roadblock would be sure to radio their men down here that the famous dancer was coming.