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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
Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
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
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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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Police came to a house later that week to arrest the suspect, who barricaded himself inside with two young children and aimed a gun at officers, police said.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barricaded
guarded
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The account was not guarded by an extra layer of security known as multi-factor authentication.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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The names of the betrayersare a secret carefully guarded by Cacique and the group called Caribe, a loose grouping of about 3,000 Venezuelan military personnel who have deserted the regime’s ranks and from abroad are trying to coordinate to overthrow Maduro.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Barricaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barricaded. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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