as in guarded
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 barricaded
Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
The incident is being treated as a barricaded person, the police spokesperson said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2025
Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Fire officials said their plan of attack was complicated by the person barricaded inside the burning house.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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The Trump administration paid nearly $5 million to settle a wrongful death suit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a Jan. 6 rioter who was shot and killed by police while trying to breach a barricaded door by the House chamber.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
The incident is being treated as a barricaded person, the police spokesperson said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2025
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Two officers responded and learned the teen had barricaded himself inside the upper unit of the duplex with several vicious dogs, according to a search warrant.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Fire officials said their plan of attack was complicated by the person barricaded inside the burning house.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barricaded
guarded
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Attempting to block out everything off the court and focusing on basketball seems to be a strategy filtering down from Splitter who remained guarded in his press conference after the game when asked about Billups.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Quan additionally recalled how the Inferno ship was kept secret from the cast and that the door to the set was guarded by security so the actors couldn’t sneak in.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Barricaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barricaded. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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