barricade
noun/ˈbærɪkeɪd/, /ˌbærɪˈkeɪd/
/ˈbærɪkeɪd/
- 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.
- The protesters formed a human barricade.
- The two sides watched each other over the barricades.
- There were six miners manning the barricades.
- They constructed a barricade across the main road.
- They built a barricade of wooden benches.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- police
- makeshift
- …
- build
- construct
- erect
- …
- behind a/the barricade
- over a/the barricade
- barricade across
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, from barrique ‘cask’, from Spanish barrica; related to barrel (barrels often being used to build barricades).Want to learn more?
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