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barricade

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


VERB
block, usually to protect
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About 220 yards from the finish line, the 5-foot-5 Lightning slammed into a barricade and collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Its chief executive Kevin McPartlin told RTÉ that the number could be five times that by Friday night, adding that 50% of the country's new supply was being kept behind barricade lines.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

A van smashed through a security barricade near the White House early Wednesday, authorities said, forcing a temporary shutdown of the area in downtown Washington during morning rush hour.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

When it appeared that rioters might breach the chamber, Mullin helped barricade the door.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

The barricade was scattered as if by a thunderbolt.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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