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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

roadblock

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

barrier

2
[ 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 '' .

3
[ noun ] a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy)

Examples

"they enemy stormed the barricade"

Related terms

barrier

4
[ verb ] prevent access to by barricading

Examples

"The street where the President lives is always barricaded"

Related terms

obstruct roadblock

5
[ verb ] block off with barricades

Synonyms

barricado

Related terms

obstruct roadblock

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