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barricade

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


VERB
block, usually to protect
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Meanwhile, some protesters in dark clothing and face coverings were seen taking boards off a building to build a street barricade in the southern city of Bordeaux.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

In the western city of Rennes, around 20 people set up a barricade using trash bins and large pallets on the outskirts of a shopping mall.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

She wasn’t expecting to find herself on the opposite side of a barricade from people she had spent much of her adult life marching alongside.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

A police barricade separated him from Ms. Townsend and other spectators outside his house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Lovely as they were to look at, the Sierras were frightening to think about, an icy barricade.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

After sending an unmanned ground vehicle into the tunnel, Khartiia soldiers saw that Russian troops had created sandbag barricades dotted with machine guns at points throughout the structure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

They had been detained by police and jailed after they crossed barricades and climbed over the locked gate at Jantar Mantar.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Footage showed the two - along with others - climbing over police barricades before chanting slogans while holding the Indian flag.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Hundreds of yellow metal barricades were set up on roads leading to central Delhi, while six major metro stations remained shut.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Back in August the Patriots had torn it down to use the wood for the barricades.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

At Rome's occupied Morgagni high school, where students have barricaded entrances with desks, protesters pointed to the crumbling infrastructure as evidence of neglect.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Delhi police denied permission for the demonstration to take place, with tens of thousands of security personnel deployed and roads barricaded.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

“He lived here in the apartment complex, then barricaded himself into the apartment all day. They were able to get him out at about 3:30,” neighbor Kathy Kennedy told KTLA-TV after the incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Five minutes later, they were barricaded in Moaning Myrtle’s out-of-order bathroom once again.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

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

Keith’s drive had just enough behind it, though, clanging off the metal gate barricading the first row of outfield seats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2024

Police believe the woman barricading herself is a missing Maryland woman found Tuesday morning.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

Kids crowded all along the back of the bench, barricading any escape.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia


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