Barricade
noun
A barrier or obstruction that prevents passage or access.
The police set up a barricade to control the crowd.
Often appears as...
- police barricade
- road barricade
verb
To block or defend by using a physical obstruction.
The citizens barricaded the streets to protest against the government.
Often appears as...
- barricade the entrance
- barricade the doors
noun
A hastily built barrier for defense in a battle.
During the revolution, the rebels built barricades from whatever they could find.
Often appears as...
- make a barricade
- overthrow the barricade
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A barrier or obstruction that prevents passage or access.
The police set up a barricade to control the crowd.
Often appears as...
- police barricade
- road barricade
verb
To block or defend by using a physical obstruction.
The citizens barricaded the streets to protest against the government.
Often appears as...
- barricade the entrance
- barricade the doors
noun
A hastily built barrier for defense in a battle.
During the revolution, the rebels built barricades from whatever they could find.
Often appears as...
- make a barricade
- overthrow the barricade
Usage tips
Historical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Block
Barricade as a noun refers to something solid that prevents movement.
A fallen tree acted as a natural barricade, blocking the path.
Pro Tip 2/3Crowd Control
'Barricade' is often used in the context of managing large groups of people for safety.
Security used barricades to funnel concertgoers into queues.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Nature
A barricade is usually temporary and can be set up and removed as needed.
Workers erected a temporary barricade around the construction site.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Block
Barricade as a noun refers to something solid that prevents movement.
A fallen tree acted as a natural barricade, blocking the path.
Pro Tip 2/3Crowd Control
'Barricade' is often used in the context of managing large groups of people for safety.
Security used barricades to funnel concertgoers into queues.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Nature
A barricade is usually temporary and can be set up and removed as needed.
Workers erected a temporary barricade around the construction site.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Block
Barricade as a noun refers to something solid that prevents movement.
A fallen tree acted as a natural barricade, blocking the path.
Pro Tip 2/3Crowd Control
'Barricade' is often used in the context of managing large groups of people for safety.
Security used barricades to funnel concertgoers into queues.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Nature
A barricade is usually temporary and can be set up and removed as needed.
Workers erected a temporary barricade around the construction site.
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Where good ideas come...
to connect with other people's hunches; that's what often happens. You have half of an idea, somebody else has the other half, and if you're in the right environment, they turn into something larger than the sum of their parts. So in a sense, we often talk about the value of protecting intellectual property -- you know, building barricades,
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon:...
On this life and death battlefield they never forgot that being female may have brought them to the front lines, but being a soldier is what would prove themselves there. There was the night Amber went out on mission, and in talking to the women of the house, realized that there was a barricaded shooter lying in wait
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How does anesthesia...
to get the right balance for a surgery. Regional anesthesia blocks pain signals from a specific part of the body from getting to the brain. Pain and other messages travel through the nervous system as electrical impulses. Regional anesthetics work by setting up an electrical barricade.
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How the worst moments in...
And we went there, and we arranged ourselves in front of one of the barricades, and a little while later, a column of tanks rolled up. And the soldier on the front tank said, "We have unconditional orders to destroy this barricade. If you get out of the way, we don't need to hurt you.
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Using poetry as a way to...
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Anastasia Taylor-Lind:...
Sadness enveloped Maidan. It was quiet and I could hear the birds singing. I hadn't heard that before. I stopped women as they approached the barricades to lay their tributes and asked to make their picture.
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Poetic Stickup: Put the...
Don't call it financial aid if you're not helping anyone with it. We have fought. We have fought way too hard to let green paper build a barricade in front of our futures.
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Killer Ant Swarm...
extraordinary hunting trails large soldier ants line the trail protecting the smaller workers inside their massive jaws create an impregnable barricade
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The surprising reason...
but collectively, they signify an ancient process that will continue barricading our bodies against the outside world for centuries to come.
Video examples
Where good ideas come...
to connect with other people's hunches; that's what often happens. You have half of an idea, somebody else has the other half, and if you're in the right environment, they turn into something larger than the sum of their parts. So in a sense, we often talk about the value of protecting intellectual property -- you know, building barricades,
Video examples
Selling Survival:...
fights I'm learning ways to protect myself inside and out there's different levels of self-reliance it's just what you're comfortable with today it's time to kick things up a notch with the latest breakthroughs and defensive products tell me about your products what is it this is called the barricade with not the trim on it all
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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon:...
On this life and death battlefield they never forgot that being female may have brought them to the front lines, but being a soldier is what would prove themselves there. There was the night Amber went out on mission, and in talking to the women of the house, realized that there was a barricaded shooter lying in wait
Video examples
How does anesthesia...
to get the right balance for a surgery. Regional anesthesia blocks pain signals from a specific part of the body from getting to the brain. Pain and other messages travel through the nervous system as electrical impulses. Regional anesthetics work by setting up an electrical barricade.
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
And we went there, and we arranged ourselves in front of one of the barricades, and a little while later, a column of tanks rolled up. And the soldier on the front tank said, "We have unconditional orders to destroy this barricade. If you get out of the way, we don't need to hurt you.
Video examples
Using poetry as a way to...
trained my teeth hard to become barricade how to keep words out how to treat speech like an intruder that would make fool of me in a room filled with people salad silence stays a sit-in in my mouth by age four my parents did not
Video examples
Anastasia Taylor-Lind:...
Sadness enveloped Maidan. It was quiet and I could hear the birds singing. I hadn't heard that before. I stopped women as they approached the barricades to lay their tributes and asked to make their picture.
Video examples
Poetic Stickup: Put the...
Don't call it financial aid if you're not helping anyone with it. We have fought. We have fought way too hard to let green paper build a barricade in front of our futures.
Video examples
Killer Ant Swarm...
extraordinary hunting trails large soldier ants line the trail protecting the smaller workers inside their massive jaws create an impregnable barricade
Video examples
The surprising reason...
but collectively, they signify an ancient process that will continue barricading our bodies against the outside world for centuries to come.
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Ruby Bridges
American Activist
I remember turning onto the street. I saw barricades and police officers and, just, people everywhere. When I saw all of that, I immediately thought that it was Mardi Gras. I had no idea that they were here to keep me out of the school.
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Josh Young
American Actor
During one performance of 'Les Miserables,' the barricade didn't leave the stage, so we had to actually end up finishing the second act with the barricades on the stage, which was very strange... doing the love scene on the barricade.
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Elizabeth Emken
American Politician
Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.
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Mac Davis
American Musician
I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.
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Melvyn Bragg
English Journalist
The class barricades have been stormed by the forces of a broad culture, which is made up of clusters of individuals who have decided for themselves what they will be in society.
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D. B. Weiss
American Author
Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office, typing on your own.
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Mark Henry
American Athlete
At one point, I remember throwing Jerry Lawler so hard that he didn't touch either rope. He just went straight through and hit the barricade.
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Sam Lloyd
American Actor
They have barricades at our gigs - to keep people in. We do most of the songs from 'Scrubs' over 55 minutes.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
Beyond the barricades we long to see a Hong Kong free from tyranny and a puppet government.
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Jovenel Moise
Haitian Politician
People who seek ransom out on the roads, who set up barricades, they are looking for work.
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Ruby Bridges
American Activist
I remember turning onto the street. I saw barricades and police officers and, just, people everywhere. When I saw all of that, I immediately thought that it was Mardi Gras. I had no idea that they were here to keep me out of the school.
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Josh Young
American Actor
During one performance of 'Les Miserables,' the barricade didn't leave the stage, so we had to actually end up finishing the second act with the barricades on the stage, which was very strange... doing the love scene on the barricade.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Emken
American Politician
Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.
Quote examples
Mac Davis
American Musician
I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.
Quote examples
Melvyn Bragg
English Journalist
The class barricades have been stormed by the forces of a broad culture, which is made up of clusters of individuals who have decided for themselves what they will be in society.
Quote examples
D. B. Weiss
American Author
Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office, typing on your own.
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Mark Henry
American Athlete
At one point, I remember throwing Jerry Lawler so hard that he didn't touch either rope. He just went straight through and hit the barricade.
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Sam Lloyd
American Actor
They have barricades at our gigs - to keep people in. We do most of the songs from 'Scrubs' over 55 minutes.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
Beyond the barricades we long to see a Hong Kong free from tyranny and a puppet government.
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Jovenel Moise
Haitian Politician
People who seek ransom out on the roads, who set up barricades, they are looking for work.
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