[
UK
/bˈæɹɪkˌeɪd/
]
[ US /ˈbæɹəˌkeɪd, ˈbɛɹəˌkeɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈbæɹəˌkeɪd, ˈbɛɹəˌkeɪd/ ]
NOUN
- a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
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a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
they stormed the barricade
VERB
-
render unsuitable for passage
block the way
barricade the streets
stop the busy road - block off with barricades
-
prevent access to by barricading
The street where the President lives is always barricaded
How To Use barricade In A Sentence
- You once said it was time to man the barricades. Times, Sunday Times
- Part of the southbound exit was barricaded, but three faded orange barrels had been moved to make a driving space. Darkness Becomes Her
- They were still waiting over an hour later as the police went about using their metal barricades and polite but authoritative commands to disperse the area.
- We escorted them into the camp, passing the guards who had barricaded themselves into the sentry box. Times, Sunday Times
- The barricades on the streets have been pushed to the side, not removed. Times, Sunday Times
- We had carers going in but she shouted at them and barricaded the door. The Sun
- The bodies of guards and servitors were heaped behind improvised barricades of furniture and demounted doors. The Golden Torc
- No one stormed the barricades, cultural, political or otherwise. Times, Sunday Times
- The court heard that, once inside, the defendant shut the front door, barricaded himself in, said he had a 12 bore shotgun and threatened to kill everyone there if they tried to enter.
- The French had been able to spare but few troops for this point, but they had barricaded the streets of the town and posted a company of chasseurs, seventy-five in number, at the bridge with a mitralleuse. A Journey Through France in War Time