barricade vs embolus

barricade

noun
  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 

  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

  • A place of confrontation. 

verb
  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade 

  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port 

embolus

noun
  • An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel. 

  • The structure on the end of the palp of male arachnids which contains the opening to the ejaculatory duct. 

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