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barricade Definition

bar·ri·cade (bar′i kād′, ber′-)

noun

  1. a barrier thrown up hastily for defense, as in street fighting
  2. any barrier or obstruction

Etymology: Fr < It barricata, pp. of barricare, to fortify (< ? Fr or Sp barrica, barrel, akin to barrel: from use of casks as barriers

transitive verb -·cad′ed, -·cad′·ing

  1. to shut in or keep out with a barricade
  2. to put up barricades in; obstruct

barricade Synonyms

barricade

n.

obstacle, blockade, roadblock, obstruction; see barrier.

barricade Synonyms

barricade

v.

obstruct, block, fortify; see bar 1.

barricade Usage Examples

Object

  • door: The revolutionary epoch burst in through the most weakly barricaded door.
  • gate: In a school in West Belfast, teachers barricaded the school gates.

Converse of object

  • erect: This was sneaky: the estate was erecting barricades 20 minutes ' walk from the road.
  • burn: The actions were brilliant with the roads being blocked by ' fallen ' trees, burning barricades and samba dancers waving feather dusters.
  • build: Within minutes, hundreds of thousands are on the streets building burning barricades.
  • remove: The army had wanted the Free Derry barricades removed in order that normality should be restored.
  • man: I don't see you out on the street manning the barricades.
  • make: A double row of overturned coaches made a capital barricade, with a few paving stones.

Adjective modifier

  • cultural: He said there seemed to be a " cultural barricade " around Birmingham and a reluctance to accept ideas from elsewhere.
  • many: The brothers were eventually smuggled out around 10:45 in Police vans over the many barricades that were erected.
  • makeshift: People are huddled in gardens, behind makeshift barricades.

Modifying Another Word

  • then: Four men then barricaded themselves inside the ferry with two other ships blockaded in the port.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • off: The former bay platform faces were then partially barricaded off with bright yellow railings in late 2005.

Preposition: in

  • street: I don't recall any barricades in the streets or assaults on Downing Street; I suppose we Protested; great stuff.

Noun used with modifier

  • burning: A running battle ensued on the streets with burning barricades being built every step of the way.
  • wire: Another building had been surrounded by a double row of six foot high razor wire barricades.
  • police: Outside the synagogue a crowd of more than 1000 gathered in the rain behind police barricades along both sides of Fifth Avenue.
  • metal: Some protestors are charging police lines using metal barricades.
  • street: At nightfall, a network of street barricades is constructed, blocking most of the city's arteries.
  • rubble: He was shot near the rubble barricade in front of Rossville Flats.
barricade Quotes

I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes round with rustling shade And apple blossoms fill the air. I have a rendezvous with Death When Spring brings back blue days and fair.

—Seeger, Alan