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Words related to barrier

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  • sound barrier

    Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.

  • hurdle

    a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.

  • pass

    to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.

  • barrage

    A barrage is continuous firing on an area with large guns and tanks.

  • gate

    Archaic. a path; way.

  • iron curtain

    (sometimes initial capital letters) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries.
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