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barricade

[ bar-i-keyd, bar-i-keyd ]

noun

  1. a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
  2. any barrier that obstructs passage.


verb (used with object)

barricaded, barricading.
  1. to obstruct or block with a barricade:

    barricading the streets to prevent an attack.

  2. to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade:

    The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.

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barricade

/ ˈbærɪˌkeɪd; ˌbærɪˈkeɪd /

noun

  1. a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. 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

  2. usually passive to obstruct; block

    his mind was barricaded against new ideas

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú²¹°ù°ù¾±ËŒ³¦²¹»å±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú²¹°ù۾±Â·³¦²¹»åe°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²ú²¹°ù۾±Â·³¦²¹»å±ð verb (used with object) unbarricaded unbarricading
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barricade1

1585–95; < French, equivalent to barrique barrel (< Gascon ) + -ade -ade 1; early barricades in Paris were often composed of barrels
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barricade1

C17: from Old French, from barriquer to barricade, from barrique a barrel, from Spanish barrica , from barril barrel
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Synonym Study

See bar 1.
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Kirkpatrick was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home in Simi Valley when police arrived with a search warrant.

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Students from different universities gathered in front of Istanbul University near the Beyazit area on Wednesday, breaking through a police barricade and moving towards Sarchane, where the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality building is located.

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"Break down those barricades without harming the police, take to the streets and squares," he said.

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The last barricades near the finish line will lift at 8 p.m.

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She rushed to her car and raced to her grandmother’s house but was stopped at a police barricade.

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