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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 with barricades
    - barricado

See also: obstructed

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

Encyclopedia: Barricade