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[ 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 Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Closer still , regular barricades of barbed_wire hung on timber supports . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)At 7 : 25 two hotel doormen came thumping down the steps , carrying a saw-horse to be set_up as a barricade in_front_of the haberdashery_store window next to the entranceway , and as I watched them in their gaudy red coats that nearly scraped the ground , their golden , fringed epaulets and spic , red visored caps , I suddenly saw just over their shoulders Jessica gracefully making her way through the crowd . Related terms |
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[ verb ] render unsuitable for passage
Examples "block the way" "barricade the streets" "stop the busy road" Used in print (Cliff Farrell, Trail of the Tattered Star....)He added , `` If this does n't work_out , the three of you barricade yourself in the house and talk_terms with them '' . |
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[ noun ] a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy)
Examples "they enemy stormed the barricade" Related terms |
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