Barricade definition

bărĭ-kād, bărĭ-kād
barricaded barricades barricading
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To close off or block with a barricade.
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Barricade means to put up a barrier to shut something in or out.

An example of barricade is to build a dam to hold back water from flowing.

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The definition of a barricade is a barrier that stops the progress of something.

An example of a barricade is a large brick wall preventing people from entering a fortress.

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Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier.
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A usually improvised structure set up, as across a route of access, to obstruct the passage of an enemy or opponent.
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A usually temporary structure set up to restrict or control the movement of people or conveyances.

Stood behind the barricades watching the parade.

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A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence.
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An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
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(figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.
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To close or block a road etc., using a barricade.
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To keep someone in (out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port.
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Any barrier or obstruction.
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To shut (oneself) in by means of a barricade, as for protection or privacy.
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A barrier thrown up hastily for defense, as in street fighting.
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To shut in or keep out with a barricade.
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To put up barricades in; obstruct.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
barricade
Plural:
barricades

Origin of barricade

  • French from barrique barrel from Old Provençal barrica from Vulgar Latin barrīca embargo

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French barricade

    From Wiktionary

Barricade Sentence Examples

  • But in any case, here was a barricade 190-207 ft.

  • The Acropolis had been dismantled as a fortress after the expulsion of Hippias; its defenders against the Persians found it necessary to erect a wooden barricade at its entrance.

  • Players can barricade doors with chairs and boxes, destroy or move cabinets and tables and interact fully with their surroundings.

  • A double row of overturned coaches made a capital barricade, with a few paving stones.

  • He said there seemed to be a " cultural barricade " around Birmingham and a reluctance to accept ideas from elsewhere.

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