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Barricade

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Noun

1. barricade, roadblock

a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

2. barricade

a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy

Example Sentences:
'they stormed the barricade'

Verb

3. bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop

render unsuitable for passage

Example Sentences:
'block the way'
'barricade the streets'
'stop the busy road'

4. barricade

prevent access to by barricading

Example Sentences:
'The street where the President lives is always barricaded'

5. barricade, barricado

block off with barricades

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Barricade

see synonyms of barricade
noun
1. 
a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting
verb (transitive)
2. 
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
3. (usually passive)
to obstruct; block
his mind was barricaded against new ideas

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Barricade

see synonyms of barricade
noun
1. 
a barrier thrown up hastily for defense, as in street fighting
2. 
any barrier or obstruction
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbarriˌcaded or ˈbarriˌcading
3. 
to shut in or keep out with a barricade
4. 
to put up barricades in; obstruct

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Barricade

see synonyms of barricade
n.
1.
a. A usually improvised structure set up, as across a route of access, to obstruct the passage of an enemy or opponent. See Synonyms at bulwark.
b. A usually temporary structure set up to restrict or control the movement of people or conveyances: stood behind the barricades watching the parade.
2. Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier: "One of those wild minds who saw bridges where others saw barricades" (Patricia Monaghan).
tr.v. bar·ri·cad·ed, bar·ri·cad·ing, bar·ri·cades
1. To close off or block with a barricade.
2. To shut (oneself) in by means of a barricade, as for protection or privacy.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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