Thesaurus results for CORDON

cordon

noun

as in barricade

a line of people or objects that are placed around or in front of a person or place to keep people away A cordon of police kept protesters away from the building.

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Recent Examples of cordon Installation officials created a 1,000-foot safety cordon around one of the inspection bays and instructed people to avoid the area. —

Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025 Authorities were searching for the perpetrators, who have not yet been identified, and a security cordon was placed around the building, Syria's Interior Ministry said in a statement. —

Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025 Security units established a cordon around the mosque while the authorities began investigating and collecting evidence into the incident, the interior ministry said. —

Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025 Police officers briefly formed a cordon to prevent a surge of protesters after an Israeli flag was reportedly waved by a passer-by. —

Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cordon

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barricade

Noun

One of the empty vehicles was pushed into the barricade of an outdoor dining area, police said.

— JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 3 June 2026
But Breakker bulldozed the 60-year-old Heyman through the barricade.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026