barricade
noun
a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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"The fools are barricading the door," he shouted.
From The Eye of Zeitoon by Talbot Mundy