English to English noun
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a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. | | source: wordnet30
2 |
a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy | | Example: they stormed the barricade
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3 |
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. | | source: webster1913 verb
4 |
render unsuitable for passage | | Example: block the way barricade the streets stop the busy road
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5 |
prevent access to by barricading | | Example: The street where the President lives is always barricaded
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6 |
block off with barricades | | source: wordnet30
7 |
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. | | source: webster1913
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