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barricade

bar·ri·cade

UK/ˈbæɹɪkeɪd/ US/ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.

a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

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2.

a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy)

  • “they enemy stormed the barricade”

verb

1.

render unsuitable for passage

  • “block the way”
  • “barricade the streets”
  • “stop the busy road”
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2.

prevent access to by barricading

  • “The street where the President lives is always barricaded”
3.

block off with barricades

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Origin

The noun is borrowed from French barricade, or an assimilation of the earlier barricado to the French form. The verb is from the noun or French barricader.

Phrases

  • Barricade in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • barricade tape

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