roadblocked

verb

Definition of roadblockednext
past tense of roadblock
as in blocked

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadblocked
  1. blocked
  2. barricaded
  3. blockaded
  4. arrested
  5. mired
  6. retained
  7. bound
  8. tied
Verb
  • The pain behind the ear pressure is a result of the Eustachian tube being blocked from other outside factors including allergies and infections — with kids being more susceptible due to having smaller Eustachian tubes.
    Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But he was blocked in the courts.
    Tyche Hendricks, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of blocked
Verb
  • They could be stashed behind bedroom doors, tucked in the back of a closet, hidden in suitcases or barricaded behind books.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • An overnight standoff in Scottsdale resulted in the arrest of a gun-wielding man, but not before nearby apartments were evacuated and 64th Street was barricaded for hours.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of barricaded
Verb
  • Just a few months prior, Blackbeard and his small pirate flotilla had blockaded Charleston, South Carolina, for close to a week.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Military vehicles and local and state police blockaded the route into the town center.
    Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of blockaded
Verb
  • An Elgin man who allegedly made threats against Illinois Park School and one of its employees has been arrested on felony charges, Kane County court records show.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Listen to this article A man was arrested last week after investigators allegedly found his DNA on a ghost gun that was thrown from a vehicle involved in a police pursuit on Interstate 95 in New Haven in December 2022.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of arrested
Verb
  • Last year around this time, the mood was much different in Detroit, as the Pistons were mired in a 25-game losing streak en route to what would become the longest single-season losing skid in NBA history.
    Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Miami Heat The 13-13 Heat have been mired in trade chatter a lot themselves this year, but have been more oriented towards figuring out the fate of six-time All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of mired
Verb
  • Putin said Russia retained control over these weapons.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • They are also believed to have retained access to much of their billion-dollar fortune.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of retained
Verb
  • Bruins descended upon Eagles goalkeeper Izzy Sussman, prodding at her while the bright-yellow keeper bounded one shot off her toes.
    Gqlshare, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The family sold the newspaper in the heart of western Iowa, sort of within the triangle bounded by Sioux City, Des Moines and Omaha, Nebraska, to Iowa Information based in Sheldon, Iowa.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of bound
Verb
  • Security guarantees for Ukraine that are directly tied to the cessation of hostilities can advance all three of these objectives.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The grounding comes months after airlines were hit by a global tech outage tied to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform and a software issue at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
    Abhijith Ganapavaram and Utkarsh Shetti, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of tied
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“Roadblocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadblocked. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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