'Barricade' definitions:
Definition of 'barricade'
From: WordNet
noun
A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. [syn: roadblock, barricade]
noun
A barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy; "they stormed the barricade"
verb
Render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar]
verb
Prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"
verb
Block off with barricades [syn: barricade, barricado]
Definition of 'Barricade'
From: GCIDE
- Barricade \Bar`ri*cade"\, n. [F. barricade, fr. Sp. barricada, orig. a barring up with casks; fr. barrica cask, perh. fr. LL. barra bar. See Bar, n., and cf. Barrel, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Mil.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense. [1913 Webster]
- Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere. --Derham. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Barricade'
From: GCIDE
- Barricade \Bar`ri*cade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barricaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Barricading.] [Cf. F. barricader. See Barricade, n.] To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris. [1913 Webster]
- The further end whereof [a bridge] was barricaded with barrels. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'barricade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- arm,
- armor,
- armor-plate,
- balistraria,
- bang,
- bank,
- banquette,
- bar,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barrier,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- batten,
- batten down,
- battle,
- battlement,
- blank wall,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- breastwork,
- bulwark,
- button,
- button up,
- casemate,
- castellate,
- cheval-de-frise,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- circumvallation,
- clap,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- constrict,
- contain,
- contract,
- contravallation,
- counterscarp,
- cover,
- crenellate,
- crowd,
- curtain,
- debar,
- demibastion,
- dig in,
- dike,
- dog,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- embattle,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- entrench,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- fasten,
- fence,
- fieldwork,
- fold,
- fold up,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- fortify,
- garrison,
- glacis,
- jam,
- key,
- latch,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- man,
- man the garrison,
- mantelet,
- merlon,
- mine,
- mound,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- outwork,
- pack,
- padlock,
- palisade,
- parados,
- parapet,
- plumb,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- roadblock,
- sally port,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- secure,
- shut,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut the door,
- shut tight,
- shut up,
- slam,
- snap,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- stifle,
- stockade,
- stop,
- stop up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- suffocate,
- tenaille,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- wall,
- work,
- zip up,
- zipper