barricade
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ɪˌkeɪd, ˌbær noun
1.
a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
2.
any barrier that obstructs passage.
verb (used with object)
3.
to obstruct or block with a barricade: barricading the streets to prevent an attack.
4.
to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade: The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to erect a barricade across (an entrance, passageway, etc) or at points of access to (a room, district of a town, etc): they barricaded the door |
| 3. | (usually passive) to obstruct; block: his mind was barricaded against new ideas |
| [C17: from Old French, from barriquer to barricade, from barrique a barrel, from Spanish barrica, from barril | |
| 'barricader | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
barricade
1590s, from M.Fr. barricader "to barricade" (1550s), from barrique "barrel," from Sp. barrica "barrel," from baril (see barrel). Extended to "improvised rampart" in 1588 Huguenot riots in Paris, when large barrels filled with earth and stones were set up in the streets. The
noun is attested from 1640s, earlier barricado (1580s).
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Example sentences
People barricade themselves inside fortresses of knowledge.
While pounding the rebels in the hillside with rockets, they brought in a bulldozer to clear the first barricade.
Nieves darted up to the police barricade behind which the off-duty officers were standing.
If it happens, there will be more countries on both sides of the barricade.
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