Detour and Road

Detour

Detour noun - A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked).

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Road and detour are semantically related in side road topic. In some cases you can use "Road" instead a noun "Detour".

Road noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Detour and road are semantically related in side road topic. Sometimes you can use "Detour" instead a noun "Road".

Nearby Words: roadway, roadside, roadless, roadie

short	short detour	short road
painful	painful detour	painful road
actual	actual detour	actual road
wrong	wrong detour	wrong road
Other adjectives: dangerous, dark, major.

If you have to leave your vehicle and take a walking detour between said roadblocks because the road is blocked entirely by debris, how are the rebel trucks supposed to pass through anyway?

Source: Fake Longevity
A vintage Popeye cartoon had him and Bluto in a car race - Bluto moves the letters around on a sign reading "Route D" to read "Detour", sending Popeye up a long, twisty mountain road.

Source: Road Sign Reversal
Later on, the police convoy escorting Harvey Dent is forced to detour onto a much more dangerous route, due to the main road being obstructed by the Joker.

Source: Dramatic Irony

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