as in fence
a physical object that blocks the way
the police put up barricades to block off the parade route
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as in to guard
to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic
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Recent Examples of barricade
Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Protesters attempted to break through barricades and clashed with police as authorities detained some of the protesters.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
To keep her family at bay, Alexandra barricades herself in her Brooklyn brownstone with enough Molotov cocktails to blow up the whole block.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
On April 23, Duke Energy announced barricades would be placed at Buster Boyd Access Area in Lake Wylie on boat ramps where less than three feet of water covered the concrete at the end.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Protesters attempted to break through barricades and clashed with police as authorities detained some of the protesters.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Verb
The man was able to flee agents and barricaded himself in an apartment on Maple Lane.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
To keep her family at bay, Alexandra barricades herself in her Brooklyn brownstone with enough Molotov cocktails to blow up the whole block.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barricade
Noun
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The short right-field fence was Santa Margarita’s favorite target, with six home runs going there.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Inside the property, police found three bullet holes in a wooden fence covered by tall hedges.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2026
Verb
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And by the turn of the twenty-first century, most of those tiny bungalows had been replaced by sprawling estates—fortresses for the entertainment elite, where Oscar trophies adorned mantels and wealth guarded from disaster.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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These moved beyond the bland and laudatory, offering candid and penetrating portraits of artists and celebrities that stand out in an era where A-listers are guarded by armies of publicists and handlers.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
12 May 2026
Noun
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The county is majority Republican, but the general sentiment was strongly opposed to a border barrier.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The lack of barrier between your skin and the shoe is a blister disaster waiting to happen, especially during the hot, humid summer months.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2026
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Earlier this year, the line was mostly green, meaning that a steel wall would traverse much of Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Riley was also robbed of extra bases in the second inning on a leaping catch at the wall by center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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“Barricade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barricade. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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