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barricade

('b/&/r/@/,k/eI/d )

a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
roadblock

source: wordnet30
a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy(noun.artifact)

Example:
They stormed the barricade.

source: wordnet30
A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.(noun)

source: webster1913

render unsuitable for passage(verb.contact)

Example:
Barricade the streets.

Synonym:
bar, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop

source: wordnet30
prevent access to by barricading(verb.competition)

Example:
The street where the President lives is always barricaded.

source: wordnet30
block off with barricades(verb.competition)

Synonym:
barricado

source: wordnet30
To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris.(verb)

source: webster1913

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