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barricade

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


VERB
block, usually to protect
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Her neighbors put up a barricade to block the vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“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

The protesters begin moving towards parliament, but are stopped by the police barricade.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

By lantern under a barricade he thinks of his Lili of the lamplight.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys




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