barricade

Meanings

Noun

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A place of confrontation.

Verb

to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

Origin

Borrowed from French barricade.

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