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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

  • ˈˌ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ۾·e noun
  • ܲ·۾· verb (used with object) unbarricaded unbarricading
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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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See bar 1.
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From the people crowded around the barricade to those in the far back, almost everyone raised their arms up and down to coincide with the fluctuating beat.

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Before the cameras were covered, “multiple suspects were recorded carrying equipment into Building 10 and barricading doorways using ladders, furniture, and additional equipment they brought into the building,” prosecutors alleged in a press release.

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Performing across two consecutive weekends, people in their finest festival wear gather to dance in the open field, hold their barricade spot secure for the night’s headliner and possibly discover their next musical fixation.

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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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