to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A place of confrontation.
To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.
To cut someone short, to stop someone from finishing what they are saying.