road clearing

Removing debris ahead

Road clearing is the removal of obstacles, debris, or hazards from a roadway to restore safe passage.

Snow plows perform road clearing after winter storms.

Military forces clear roads of mines or barricades before advancing.

After natural disasters, road clearing of fallen trees and rubble becomes an urgent priority: Emergency crews worked through the night on road clearing operations.

Related

gravel · excavator · obstruction · traffic · traffic cones · detour · blockade · chainsaw · fallen trees · downed power lines · emergency · construction · asphalt · barricade · rubble · pathway · sweep · salt truck

Opposites
road construction sequence

road clearingpaving

Laying hard ground cover

tarmacking · road construction · road building · decommissioning

land state transformation

road clearingreforestation

Replanting depleted woodlands

revegetation · overgrowth · land reclamation · rewilding · afforestation

access and passage

road clearingroad obstruction

Barrier blocking travel

barricading · road closure · blocking · obstructing

Family

road, clearing, roads, roadway, roadways, roadside, roadsides, clear, clears

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G