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Adjective: barricaded  'ber-u,key-did [N. Amer], ,ba-ru'key-did [Brit]
  1. Preventing entry, exit or a course of action
    "a barricaded street";
    - barred, blockaded
Verb: barricade  'ber-u,keyd or 'ba-ru,keyd or ,ber-u'keyd [N. Amer], ,ba-ru'keyd [Brit]
  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 or fortify with barriers
    "The protesters barricaded the street to prevent police from entering";
    - barricado [archaic]

See also: obstructed

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

Encyclopedia: Barricade