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1. 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
    
2. A barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
   "they stormed the barricade"

1. Render unsuitable for passage
   "barricade the streets";
   - block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
    
2. Prevent access to by barricading
   "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"
    
3. Block off with barricades
   - barricado

Derived forms: barricades, barricaded, barricading

Type of: barrier, block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude

Encyclopedia: Barricade