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barricade
[bar-i-keyd, bar-i-keyd]
noun
a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
any barrier that obstructs passage.
verb (used with object)
to obstruct or block with a barricade.
barricading the streets to prevent an attack.
to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade.
The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.
Synonyms:
barricade
/ ˈbærɪˌkeɪd, ˌbærɪˈkeɪd /
noun
a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting
verb
to erect a barricade across (an entrance, passageway, etc) or at points of access to (a room, district of a town, etc)
they barricaded the door
(usually passive) to obstruct; block
his mind was barricaded against new ideas
Other 51Թ Forms
- barricader noun
- unbarricade verb (used with object)
- ˈˌ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of barricade1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of barricade1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Later in the day, violence breaks out when a number of people wearing masks break away from the peaceful protest, build barricades and attack properties on Clonavon Terrace.
Colonizers invade and drive people out or enslave, transport, enclose and imprison them while barricading off the privileged spaces they create for themselves.
One assembly member, Sian Mulholland, told the Northern Ireland Assembly that a family with three young children had to "barricade themselves into their attic".
A person in a silver SUV — their head entirely covered by a white balaclava — drove by the barricade at Commercial and Alameda streets, window down.
Ripping out the pink tables and benches from Gloria Molina Grand Park to create a makeshift barricade on Spring Street near City Hall?
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