brick wall vs divided

brick wall

verb
  • To halt or limit abruptly. 

  • To build a brick wall around. 

  • To be uncooperative and unresponsive. 

  • To filter using a brick wall filter. 

noun
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks. 

  • Someone who is silent or unresponsive. 

  • A type of anti-aliasing filter with a steep cutoff. 

  • An obstacle. 

divided

adj
  • separated or split into pieces 

  • disunited 

  • having conflicting opinions, interests or emotions 

  • (of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median 

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