as in fence
a physical object that blocks the way
the police put up barricades to block off the parade route
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as in to guard
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic
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Recent Examples of barricade
Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The two groups are massed on opposite sides of the steps to Low Library, divided by metal barricades and monitored by campus safety teams.
—NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Tribal authorities had barricaded the roads last year saying that they were illegally built on tribal land and the lease to use them had expired more than 10 years earlier.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The man drove about 800 meters on the Tongil Bridge, the last border checkpoint where civilians can go without a special permit, before ramming into barricades, South Korea’s Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police told CNN.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The two groups are massed on opposite sides of the steps to Low Library, divided by metal barricades and monitored by campus safety teams.
—NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
Verb
That day, terrified students and teachers barricaded themselves in their classrooms before officers apprehended the shooter and escorted them onto the football field.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Tribal authorities had barricaded the roads last year saying that they were illegally built on tribal land and the lease to use them had expired more than 10 years earlier.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barricade
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The man ran northwest and jumped fences, witnesses told police.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Just past his backyard fence, gray billows of smoke filled the sky above the ridgeline and flames could be seen chewing through sagebrush just a couple miles away.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Republican legislators also failed to pass a major civil rights act that could have provided federal marshals to guard polling places and protect African-American voters.Luke Voyles / Made by History, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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Despite being in the middle of the pack in terms of possessions guarding the pick-and-roll (PnR) roll man, the Pacers allow the seventh-most points per game to PnR roll men on the fifth-highest points per possession.Matt Modi, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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Burgum, himself a billionaire, has also been a vocal critic of the policies of President Joe Biden to raise barriers around the extraction industry.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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Seven out of 10 respondents in the study reported barriers to full access to sports.Allison Torres Burtka, Parents, 5 Nov. 2024
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Guards found Dahmer on the bathroom floor with severe head wounds from being hit with the bar and from his head being slammed into the wall.Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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And the changes happening within the walls of these institutions might be even more significant than what customers see on the surface.Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Barricade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barricade. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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