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a line or pile of objects put together, often quickly, to stop people from going where they want to go: A few protestors broke through police barricades and rushed toward the site. erect a barricade Inmates erected a barricade between themselves and the prison guards. See also. man the barricades.
The meaning of BARRICADE is to block off or stop up with a barricade. How to use barricade in a sentence.
BARRICADE meaning: 1. a line or pile of objects put together, often quickly, to stop people from going where they want…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) , bar·ri·cad·ed, bar·ri·cad·ing. to obstruct or block with a barricade: barricading the streets to prevent an attack. to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade: The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city. Synonyms: fortify.
Barricade (from the French barrique - 'barrel') is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. Adopted as a military term, a barricade denotes any improvised field fortification, such as on city streets during urban warfare .
BARRICADE definition: 1. something that is quickly put across a road or entrance to prevent people from going past 2. to…. Learn more.
a line of objects placed across a road, etc. to stop people from getting past. The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. a barricade made of doors, chairs and broken tables. Extra Examples. Students built a barricade against the police. The army used tanks to storm the barricades.
A barricade is anything that prevents people or vehicles from getting through. Construction workers often barricade a street to block traffic.
A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest.
Definition of barricade verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
