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barricade

[bar-i-keyd, bar-i-keyd] / ˈbær ɪˌkeɪd, ˌbær ɪˈkeɪd /


VERB
block, usually to protect
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Her neighbors put up a barricade to block the vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“That’s when we put the barricade to stop him from being moved,” Pillay recalled.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Every exterior wall of the steel-framed home is a foot-thick, fire-resistant barricade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

The protesters begin moving towards parliament, but are stopped by the police barricade.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Almost as soon as the driver left the house to take me to my mom’s workplace, we were stuck in traffic, inching by a barricade.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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