forbidden word: barriers (plural of barrier)

barrier n. 1 anything used or acting to block someone from going somewhere or from doing something, or to block something from happening: The Secret Service erected concrete barriers around the White House. Jackie Robinson was the African-American who succeeded in breaking major league baseball’s color barrier. 2 something that prevents something else from happening or makes it more difficult: In an ideal world, there would be no barriers to the free movement of people between countries. 3 something that keeps people or things apart: The language barrier is less frightening in print than over the telephone. Lack of  regular communication is named time and time again as the major barrier between management and employees. 4 a number or measurement that is considered to be important or hard to reach: The average wage in Britain has broken the £20,000 barrier. The Dow Jones broke the 10,000 barrier early in the day, but closed down 41.85 points at 9923.42.
— adj. 5 used to describe methods of preventing pregnancy that work by physically blocking sperm from coming into contact with an egg: GPs tend to offer the basic options of pill, barrier methods or sterilization. Barrier contraception has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission.

barrier. (2025). https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/barrier

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