barricade
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bar·ri·cade
(băr′ĭ-kād′, băr′ĭ-kād′)n.
1.
a. A usually improvised structure set up, as across a route of access, to obstruct the passage of an enemy or opponent. See Synonyms at bulwark.
b. A usually temporary structure set up to restrict or control the movement of people or conveyances: stood behind the barricades watching the parade.
2. Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier: "One of those wild minds who saw bridges where others saw barricades" (Patricia Monaghan).
tr.v. bar·ri·cad·ed, bar·ri·cad·ing, bar·ri·cades
1. To close off or block with a barricade.
2. To shut (oneself) in by means of a barricade, as for protection or privacy.
[French, from barrique, barrel, from Old Provençal barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrīca; see embargo.]
bar′ri·cad′er n.
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barricade
(ˌbærɪˈkeɪd; ˈbærɪˌkeɪd)n
a barrier for defence, esp one erected hastily, as during street fighting
vb (tr)
1. to erect a barricade across (an entrance, passageway, etc) or at points of access to (a room, district of a town, etc): they barricaded the door.
2. (usually passive) to obstruct; block: his mind was barricaded against new ideas.
[C17: from Old French, from barriquer to barricade, from barrique a barrel, from Spanish barrica, from barril barrel]
ˈbarriˌcader n
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bar•ri•cade
(ˈbær ɪˌkeɪd, ˌbær ɪˈkeɪd)n., v. -cad•ed, -cad•ing. n.
1. a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
2. any barrier that obstructs passage.
v.t. 3. to obstruct or block with a barricade.
4. to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade.
[1585–95; < French, <barrique barrel]
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barricade
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
barricade
Past participle: barricaded
Gerund: barricading
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Noun | 1. | ![]() barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement |
2. | ![]() barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement | |
Verb | 1. | ![]() obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path" close - bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" |
2. | ![]() | |
3. | barricade - block off with barricades |
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barricade
noun
verb
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Translations
مِتْراس، حاجِزيَحْجِز، يَسُد بِمِتْراس
barikádazabarikádovat
barrikadebarrikadere
barikád
òvergirîa, lokavegartálmi
barikadaužbarikaduoti
aizbarikādētbarikāde
barikádazabarikádovať
barikadazabarikadirati
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barricade
[ˌbærɪˈkeɪd]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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barricade
(bӕriˈkeid) noun a barrier put up to block a street etc. There were barricades keeping back the crowds.
verb to block something (eg a street) with a barricade.
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