When people want to protect themselves or their property, they might erect barriers. These barriers can be anything from fences to walls.
The protesters erected barricades to keep the police from entering their area.
The mayor put up barricades to keep the protesters from entering the city.
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:
verb
render unsuitable for passage
Synonyms:
verb
block off with barricades
Synonyms:
noun
a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
verb
prevent access to by barricading
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The students build a barricade in the street.
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They must stay behind the barricade.
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Marius is the only survivor from the barricade.
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The info on the screen says barricade malfunction.
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The mob passed by after seeing the barricade.
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The policemen at the barricade ran to the passenger side.
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There the leading citizens barricaded themselves in the granary.
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Barricade is the commander of the team and pushes the other members.
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It was its futile attempt to wangle through the barricade.
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In 1848, he fought in the barricades in the French uprising.