barricade

noun

1. a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

Similar word(s): roadblock

Definition categories: man–made, barrier

2. a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy

- they stormed the barricade

Definition categories: man–made, barrier

verb

1. render unsuitable for passage

- barricade the streets

Similar word(s): bar, block, blockade, stop

Definition categories: contact, block, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude

2. prevent access to by barricading

- The street where the President lives is always barricaded

Definition categories: competition, block, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude

3. block off with barricades

Similar word(s): barricado

Definition categories: competition, block, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude