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barricade

[bar-i-keyd, bar-i-keyd] / ˈbær ɪˌkeɪd, ˌbær ɪˈkeɪd /


VERB
block, usually to protect
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He was still on the group texts that his friends from the North Barricade Crew sent around regularly, but because he had been gone so long, he didn’t always know what they were talking about.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022

The family said Evans was proud of his job and his friendship with colleagues near the "North Barricade" of the Capitol complex was one of the best parts of it.

From Fox News • Apr. 13, 2021

Barricade us into our apartments and flood our bathrooms with hand sanitizer and sink every cruise ship on the planet.

From The Verge • Mar. 12, 2020

The portable sign, along 35th Avenue Northeast, near Calvary Cemetery and the University of Washington, is owned by Seattle-based National Barricade, and being used or a project by the Seattle Department of Transportation.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2019

Barricade, bar′ik-ād, n. a temporary fortification raised to hinder the advance of an enemy, as in the street fights of Parisian insurrections.—v.t. to obstruct: to fortify.—Earlier form Barricā′do.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various




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