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
Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
The weather service advises people not to drive around barricades or through flooded roadways.
—Kansas City Star, 24 July 2025
Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
After the shooting, investigators said the man’s girlfriend barricaded herself inside the trailer.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
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Noun
However, Butler has been at the front barricades of shows before and feels safer there, next to the stage, than most places in a crowd at a concert.
—Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
The weather service advises people not to drive around barricades or through flooded roadways.
—Kansas City Star, 24 July 2025
Verb
The man, later identified as Donovan, barricaded himself in the home and refused to comply with officers’ requests to come outside peacefully, Chavez said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
After the shooting, investigators said the man’s girlfriend barricaded herself inside the trailer.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barricade
Noun
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New turf, new lights, new fences, new dugouts, new scoreboards and new roads leading to the field.—
The Tennessean,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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Human beings have spent millennia building homes, fences, and societies to separate ourselves from nature (and for good reasons).—
Marc Berman
August 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The top priority–trumping everything else, including profits–is that all of us continue to zealously guard Berkshire’s reputation.—
Jane Swift,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Agency employees are greeting the news, unveiled at an all hands meeting on Monday, with guarded optimism and relief.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Gemma can see barriers that others might not notice and works to reduce and ultimately remove them for her team.—
Nadia Edwards-Dashti,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Campbell’s car hit her from behind, pushing her over a concrete barrier and into the sweltering swamp below.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Alonso added another home run in the sixth inning, sending a first-pitch cutter from reliever Austin Cox over the center-field wall.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Approaching the grand entrance of The Crown—you’ll swan into its soaring, cathedral-like lobby—where golden, curving dragon-scale walls meet cascading chandeliers that echo the shimmer of the sea, as you’re welcomed with a glass of Möet and a silver tray of chocolate-lacquered strawberries.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Barricade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barricade. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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