Meaning & use
Barricading
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Blocking off a road, entrance, or passage with a barrier to prevent access.
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Workers spent the night barricading the flooded street.
Protesters began barricading the square with overturned carts.
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From French "barrique" (barrel), since barrels were commonly stacked to build early barricades.
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