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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

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

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

From Slate May 29, 2026

Working with screenwriter Will Soodik, Parsons has gone back into that banal maze to find an uncannily mature story about loss and stagnation, about how our self-serving narratives barricade us from emotional growth.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

As we come to the gate of my community, I can see that it’s blocked by a barricade of sorts; another sign of how deep the crisis has cut.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

And if so, will all the barricades return?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

But the city’s response to the barricades did not settle the public safety question.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Recalling the incident in an interview with Ukrainian media, Drapaty said his driver asked: "Major, there are barricades ahead. What do we do?"

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

News cameramen pushed past us to the front of the barricades, shouting, "Coming through," as they tromped on toes and threw elbows.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

By the time deputies arrived, the suspect had barricaded himself inside his home, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

For the last two years, her street has been barricaded.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

In the countryside west of the Welsh capital, farmers have a WhatsApp group to warn of suspicious vehicles and some have barricaded the entrances to their fields with concrete blocks and fallen trees.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Subway exits were also barricaded and mobile internet was jammed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

The Ridgefolk had been either sedated, hauled away, or barricaded behind stone doors.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

"We were barricading the doors between us with Rabbi Walker and a number of the other congregants. He couldn't get in because we were holding the doors firm."

From BBC Oct. 3, 2025

In 2014, mini-storms of tumbleweeds swamped the drought-stricken prairie of southern Colorado, blocking rural roads and irrigation canals, and briefly barricading homes and an elementary school.

From Seattle Times Mar. 5, 2024

Five minutes later, officers moved the furniture barricading the stairs, and senators and staff evacuated, winding down several flights to reach the subway between the Capitol and Senate office buildings.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 2024

“Voldemort’s on his way, they’re barricading the school—Snape’s run for it—What are you doing here? How did you know?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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