barricade
a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
any barrier that obstructs passage.
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.
Origin of barricade
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Other words for barricade
Other words from barricade
- bar·ri·cad·er, noun
- un·bar·ri·cade, verb (used with object), un·bar·ri·cad·ed, un·bar·ri·cad·ing.
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After swarming through barricades, rioters forced their way inside.
How to fight online hate before it leads to violence | Kathiann Kowalski | February 4, 2021 | Science News For StudentsIn 1971 he helped organize the May Day demonstrations in Washington, where protesters — thousands of whom were arrested — erected barricades throughout the District to voice their opposition to the war.
Rennie Davis, ‘Chicago Seven’ activist and leader of New Left, dies at 80 | Emily Langer | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostPolice blocked access to the court with metal barricades, and dozens of riot police lined the streets as mounted units patrolled the area.
Russian opposition leader Navalny ordered jailed, calls on supporters to keep pressure on Putin | Isabelle Khurshudyan, Robyn Dixon | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostThey should be stopped before they can do that — stopped where they are now — not at barricades that wall off our elected representatives from the people they serve.
The danger of right-wing mobs is real. Fencing at the U.S. Capitol won’t help. | Philip Kennicott | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostFarmers used tractors to tear down police barricades, and videos of police attacking protesting farmers circulated on social media.
Why Twitter Blocked Accounts Linked to Farmers' Protests in India—Only to Reverse Course | Billy Perrigo | February 1, 2021 | Time
Sarah stood by the police barricade with her 12-year-old sister, Mary, and their mother, Rada.
A white police officer standing amid the crowd inside the barricade got his laughs a moment later.
‘They Let Him Off?’ Scenes from NYC in Disbelief | Jacob Siegel | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST(Rioters) were building a barricade across Winchester Street and looking for material.
Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival | Melanie Plenda | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn front of the City Hall building hundreds of tires have been piled up to form a barricade that is manned by yet more masked men.
Pro-Russian Protestors in Ukraine Dream of Soviet Glory Days | David Patrikarakos | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey made a barricade of metal junk and acted as human shields to stop the train proceeding.
Across the middle of the cage a stout barricade has been erected, and behind the barricade sits the Master, pale but defiant.
The besiegers forced the advance barricade, burned the drawbridge, and fired the gate.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThen she issued her commands to the men, and fiercely she bade them pull down that barricade and take the dog alive.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniHe would go alone if he must; no barricade of unearthly beasts could hold him from the great adventure.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousFirst there was to be seen the city itself, nestled beyond its barricade of levees.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
British Dictionary definitions for barricade
/ (ˌbærɪˈkeɪd, ˈbærɪˌkeɪd) /
a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting
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
Origin of barricade
1Derived forms of barricade
- barricader, noun
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