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barricade

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


VERB
block, usually to protect
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Brooks has described applying for compensation as torturous, a barricade that is constantly preventing him from being able to move forward.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

This is where Minnesota’s lawsuit and Minneapolis residents’ barricade response pulled against each other.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

In a video which went viral, he commanded an infantry vehicle as it smashed through a makeshift barricade set up by pro-Moscow forces in the southern city of Mariupol.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

A police officer places a metal barricade on the streets around Madison Square Garden while a TV crew looks on.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Since the barricade was designed to stop vehicles, not pedestrians, we’re able to walk around it.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Attacks on government buildings in central Kyiv -- which are heavily fortified and ring-fenced by security barricades -- are rare, however.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

They asked visitors to stay outside of the barricades and away from the eroded edge.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

So naturally the party leadership seems prepared to go to the barricades to defend it.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

That is the popular constitutional contest the whistles, warnings, carpools, legal observers, and barricades made visible.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

The young men scattered and ran for cover, occasionally darting from their protective barricades to give the ball another fleeting whack.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

On Sunday morning, access to the airbase at the airport, where the mutineers had barricaded themselves in, and to the presidency, were open again, residents said.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

On Sunday, access to the airbase at the airport, where the mutineers had barricaded themselves in, and to the presidency, was once again open, residents said.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

A city centre, once so scarred by sectarian violence that it was barricaded off every night, was turned into one big, pedestrianised stage to showcase all its traditions.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Subway exits were also barricaded and mobile internet was jammed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

She barricaded the door with a wooden chair, secured it with a chain and two types of key locks.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

On Monday, authorities closed schools and colleges for two days and imposed restrictions on public movement by barricading many arterial roads.

From Barron's Mar. 2, 2026

Rabbi Walker was one of the men who, like Mr Daulby, had been barricading the doors to stop Al-Shamie getting in before police shot the attacker dead.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2026

Protesters and worried family began arriving soon afterward, and by 2:30 p.m., a line of about 30 agents, including National Guard members, was barricading nearby Laguna Road.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2025

An emergency alert was issued and sirens sounded just two minutes later, issuing a lockdown warning that left worried students and staff barricading themselves inside dorms, bathrooms, classrooms and gyms.

From Seattle Times Aug. 28, 2023

On better days, either I’m Elsie’s guinea pig for whatever wild invention she’s working on or she’s barricading the door and helping me practice my magic.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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