Meaning & use
Barricades
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Barriers, often improvised from available materials, erected to block a road, passage, or entrance.
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Police set up metal barricades along the parade route.
The old photographs show students behind makeshift barricades in the street.
A note on using this word
The word entered English from French street-fighting vocabulary, where barrels ("barriques") were the original building blocks.
Words with a similar meaning
blockadesbarriers
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Blocks off a passage or road with a barrier (verb, third-person singular).
The staff quickly barricades the loading dock after hours.
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