barricade

/ˌbɛrəˈkeɪd/

/ˈbærɪkeɪd/

Other forms: barricades; barricaded; barricading

A barricade is anything that prevents people or vehicles from getting through. Construction workers often barricade a street to block traffic.

You know how barriers block things from getting through? A barricade is similar. Soldiers create barricades to keep enemy troops out. Police officers put up barricades around a crime scene. If an electrical wire becomes loose and dangerous, a barricade around the area will keep people from getting hurt. This can also be a verb, like when parents barricade part of their house to keep toddlers from getting into trouble. Barricading is a physical way of saying "Keep out!"

Definitions of barricade

1. noun

   a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
   “they stormed the barricade”

   type of:

   barrier

   a structure or object that impedes free movement
2. noun

   a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
   synonyms: roadblock

   type of:

   barrier

   a structure or object that impedes free movement
3. verb

   block off with barricades
   synonyms: barricado

   type of:

   block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude

   block passage through
4. verb

   prevent access to by barricading
   “The street where the President lives is always barricaded”

   type of:

   block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude

   block passage through
5. verb

   render unsuitable for passage
   “barricade the streets”

   synonyms: bar, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop

   block, obstruct

   shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

   types:

   block off, close off, shut off

   block off the passage through

   close

   bar access to

   type of:

   block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude

   block passage through