bar·ri·cade
ˈber-ə-ˌkād 
ˈba-rə-;
ˌber-ə-ˈkād,
ˌba-rə-
barricaded; barricading
1
: to block off or stop up with a barricade
barricade a street
2
: to prevent access to by means of a barricade
1
a
: an obstruction or rampart thrown up across a way or passage to check the advance of the enemy
b
2
3
barricades plural
: a field of combat or dispute
Synonyms
Examples of barricade in a Sentence
Verb
The police barricaded the crime scene.
the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic
Noun
The enemy broke through the barricade.
Police erected barricades to keep the crowds from approaching the crime scene.
Recent Examples on the Web
Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
Moyer barricaded himself in his home but eventually surrendered and was taken into custody, the Lehighton Borough Police Department said.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
Russia hits energy targets in Ukraine, showing need for more air defenses
Initial reports by Russian media suggested that some assailants might have barricaded themselves inside and that there could be at least 100 people still in the building — some potentially trapped by fire on an upper floor.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
After police arrived, Bledsoe barricaded himself in a room and was holding a woman there against her will, officials said.
—The Enquirer, 29 Feb. 2024
Officers were called to the home in the suburban neighborhood around 1:50 a.m. Sunday in response to a domestic dispute in which Gooden was armed and barricaded with his family, including seven children ages 2 to 15.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
The adult male suspect shot at the deputies and barricaded himself in the home, MCSO said.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
Residents there barricaded themselves inside their homes while armed men carried out fresh attacks east of the city.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
With gangs barricading the streets, Milfort said, venturing out has been impossible.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
Gaza protesters interrupt fundraiser Ahead of the show, supporters lined barricades along the streets as the motorcade with the three presidents arrived.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
During winter months, most of the adjacent Empire State Plaza is also walled off with temporary barricades to keep people from slipping and getting hurt on the icy plaza — even though there has hardly been any snow or ice this winter.
—Jay Root, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
As that standoff was under way, SWAT officers responded to a second, unrelated barricade situation in Kearny Mesa.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
But we were let out — myself and two Brazilian basketball players — behind the barricade somehow.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
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‘The country cannot continue like this’
Each year in recent memory has been worse than the last, each catastrophe another blow to the disintegrating Haitian state.
—Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
After passing through multiple police barricades and watching the increasingly violent crowd fight with police on the west front of the Capitol for more than an hour, Kuehne eventually entered the building at the Senate Wing Door, where the building had first been breached 12 minutes earlier.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
The farmers began marching from the spot where authorities had stopped them by erecting barricades on the border of Punjab state with Haryana, blocking a key highway.
—Reuters, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
Verb
Officers arrived to find an armed male who had barricaded himself in a room, the release said.
—Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
Moyer barricaded himself in his home but eventually surrendered and was taken into custody, the Lehighton Borough Police Department said.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
Russia hits energy targets in Ukraine, showing need for more air defenses
Initial reports by Russian media suggested that some assailants might have barricaded themselves inside and that there could be at least 100 people still in the building — some potentially trapped by fire on an upper floor.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
After police arrived, Bledsoe barricaded himself in a room and was holding a woman there against her will, officials said.
—The Enquirer, 29 Feb. 2024
Officers were called to the home in the suburban neighborhood around 1:50 a.m. Sunday in response to a domestic dispute in which Gooden was armed and barricaded with his family, including seven children ages 2 to 15.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
The adult male suspect shot at the deputies and barricaded himself in the home, MCSO said.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
Residents there barricaded themselves inside their homes while armed men carried out fresh attacks east of the city.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
With gangs barricading the streets, Milfort said, venturing out has been impossible.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Noun
Less than a week has elapsed since a mammoth ocean freighter struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, marooning the Port of Baltimore behind a barricade of crooked steel and shattered concrete.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
Gaza protesters interrupt fundraiser Ahead of the show, supporters lined barricades along the streets as the motorcade with the three presidents arrived.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
During winter months, most of the adjacent Empire State Plaza is also walled off with temporary barricades to keep people from slipping and getting hurt on the icy plaza — even though there has hardly been any snow or ice this winter.
—Jay Root, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
As that standoff was under way, SWAT officers responded to a second, unrelated barricade situation in Kearny Mesa.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
But we were let out — myself and two Brazilian basketball players — behind the barricade somehow.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
Video Ad Feedback Communities use makeshift barricades to keep gangs out
00:45 - Source: CNN
‘The country cannot continue like this’
Each year in recent memory has been worse than the last, each catastrophe another blow to the disintegrating Haitian state.
—Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
After passing through multiple police barricades and watching the increasingly violent crowd fight with police on the west front of the Capitol for more than an hour, Kuehne eventually entered the building at the Senate Wing Door, where the building had first been breached 12 minutes earlier.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
The farmers began marching from the spot where authorities had stopped them by erecting barricades on the border of Punjab state with Haryana, blocking a key highway.
—Reuters, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
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barricade
1 of 2 verb
bar·ri·cade
ˈbar-ə-ˌkād
ˌbar-ə-ˈkād
barricaded; barricading
: to block off with a barricade
barricade
2 of 2 noun
: a barrier usually made in a hurry for protection against attack or for blocking the way
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