A barrier or
barricade is a physical structure which blocks or impedes something.
Barrier may also refer to:
Places
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Barrier, Kentucky, a community in the United States
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Barrier, Voerendaal, a place in the municipality of
Voerendaal
Voerendaal (; li, Voelender) is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands.
Population centres
''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Voerendaal, June 2015''
History
The Romans left the ruins from a Roman villa rustic ...
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Barrier Bay, an open bay in Antarctica
* Barrier Canyon, the former name of
Horseshoe Canyon (Utah)
Horseshoe Canyon, formerly known as Barrier Canyon, is in a remote area west of the Green River and north of the Canyonlands National Park Maze District in Utah, United States. It is known for its collection of Barrier Canyon Style (BCS) rock ar ...
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Barrier Lake, Alberta, Canada
* Barrier Mountain, the former name of
Mount Baldy (Alberta)
Mount Baldy is a mountain located in the Kananaskis River valley alongside Highway 40 in the Canadian Rockies.
During World War II, prisoners in a nearby internment camp were occasionally permitted to make the ascent of Mt. Baldy as long as th ...
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Barrier Ranges
The Barrier Ranges or sometimes the Barrier Range and historically the Stanley's Barrier Range, is a mountain range that comprises a series of hills and higher grounds in the far western region of New South Wales, Australia, surrounding the city o ...
, a mountain range in New South Wales, Australia
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Division of Barrier, a former Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales
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The Barrier
The Barrier is a lava dam retaining the Garibaldi Lake system in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is over thick and about long where it impounds the lake.
The area below and adjacent to The Barrier is considered hazardous due to the u ...
, a lava dam in British Columbia, Canada
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The Barrier (Kenya)
The Barrier is an active shield volcano located in the north of Kenya. It is last known to have erupted in 1921.
Description
The Barrier was given its name because it forms a barrier about long across the Kenyan Rift Valley. It has a width of ...
, an active shield volcano in Kenya
* The Barrier, a common synonym for the city of
Broken Hill, New South Wales
* The Barrier, an early name for the
Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
In arts and entertainment
Film
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''The Barrier'' (1917 film), a lost 1917 American silent drama film
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''The Barrier'' (1926 film), a silent film
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''The Barrier'' (1937 film), an American film
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Barrier (film)'', a 1966 Polish film, released in the U.S. as ''Barrier''
* , an Egyptian film; see
Gheorghe Dinică
Gheorghe Dinică (; 1 January 1934 – 10 November 2009) was a Romanian actor.
Career
Dinică showed an early interest in acting, being part of different amateur theater troupes since he was 17. In 1957, he entered The National Institute of Thea ...
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''The Barrier'' (1979 film), a Bulgarian film
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''The Barrier'' (1990 film), a Bahraini film
Games
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''Barrier'' (video game), a 1979 arcade game by Vectorbeam
Music
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''Barriers'' (album), by Frank Iero (2019)
* "Barrier", a 1985 song by Simon Townshend on the album ''
Moving Target''
* "Barriers", a song by Suede on their 2013 album ''
Bloodsports
A blood sport or bloodsport is a category of sport or entertainment that involves bloodshed. Common examples of the former include combat sports such as cockfighting and dog fighting, and some forms of hunting and fishing. Activities characte ...
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* "Barrier", a track from
the soundtrack of the 2015 video game ''Undertale'' by Toby Fox
Television
* ''
Barriers (TV series)'', a UK television series
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''The Barrier'' (TV series), a 2020 Spanish-language dystopian drama TV series
Other uses
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Barrier (surname)
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Barrier (computer science), a type of synchronization in parallel computing
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''Barrier'' (video game), a 1979 maze arcade game
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Barrier Air, a New Zealand airline
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Barrier Highway
Barrier Highway is a highway in South Australia and New South Wales, and is designated part of route A32. The name of the highway is derived from the Barrier Ranges, an area of moderately high ground in the far west of New South Wales, through w ...
, a highway in Australia; it goes into SA from NSW.
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USS Barrier'', a minesweeper in the U.S. Navy
See also
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Concrete barrier (disambiguation) Concrete barrier may refer to:
* Alaska Barrier
* Bremer barrier
* Traffic barrier
:* Concrete step barrier
:* Constant-slope barrier
:* F-Shape barrier
:* Jersey barrier
A Jersey barrier, Jersey wall, or Jersey bump is a modular concrete o ...
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Great Barrier (disambiguation) Great Barrier may refer to:
Places
* Great Barrier Island, in the north of New Zealand
* Great Barrier Reef, in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia
* Gilf Kebir, Arabic for "the Great Barrier," a plateau in the New Val ...
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Barrière (disambiguation)
Barrière is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Jean-Baptiste Barrière (1707-1747), French cellist and composer
*Jean-François Barrière (1786-1868), French historian
* Jean de la Barrière (1554–1600), French religi ...
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