English dictionary

barricade

/'b/&/r/@/,k/eI/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

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.

noun.artifact

Synonyms roadblock

Source: WordNet 3.0
a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy

noun.artifact

Examples
They stormed the barricade.

Source: WordNet 3.0
A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.

noun

Source: webster1913

render unsuitable for passage

verb.contact

Examples
Barricade the streets.

Synonyms bar block block off block up blockade stop

Source: WordNet 3.0
prevent access to by barricading

verb.competition

Examples
The street where the President lives is always barricaded.

Source: WordNet 3.0
block off with barricades

verb.competition

Synonyms barricado

Source: WordNet 3.0
To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen <i>barricaded</i> the streets of Paris.

verb

Source: webster1913