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barricade in WordNet English dictionary
verb- render unsuitable for passage
"block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"
barricade block blockade stop block off block up bar
- block off with barricades
barricade barricado
- prevent access to by barricading
"The street where the President lives is always barricaded"
barricade
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.
roadblock barricade
- a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
"they stormed the barricade"
barricade
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University