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barricade

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


VERB
block, usually to protect
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“That’s when we put the barricade to stop him from being moved,” Pillay recalled.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Working with screenwriter Will Soodik, Parsons has gone back into that banal maze to find an uncannily mature story about loss and stagnation, about how our self-serving narratives barricade us from emotional growth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

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

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

There’s a bizarre makeshift barricade just beyond the broken gate.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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