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barricaded

[ UK /bˈæɹɪkˌe‍ɪdɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈbæɹəˌkeɪdɪd, ˈbɛɹəˌkeɪdɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. preventing entry or exit or a course of action
    a barricaded street
    barred doors
    the blockaded harbor

How To Use barricaded In A Sentence

  • Part of the southbound exit was barricaded, but three faded orange barrels had been moved to make a driving space. Darkness Becomes Her
  • We escorted them into the camp, passing the guards who had barricaded themselves into the sentry box. Times, Sunday Times
  • We had carers going in but she shouted at them and barricaded the door. The Sun
  • 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
  • Pimentel, 61, barricaded the road, prompting a lawsuit from the church.
  • It really barricaded me into the closet for a longer time than I should have been.
  • The rioters burnt buses, barricaded the streets and torched their own houses. Times, Sunday Times
  • The march quickly fell apart, not even making it to the heavily barricaded convention centre where delegates were staying.
  • We had carers going in but she shouted at them and barricaded the door. The Sun
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