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Meaning of barricade

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  barricade
      n 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.
           [syn: {roadblock}, {barricade}]
      2: a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance
         of an enemy; "they stormed the barricade"
      v 1: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
           the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: {barricade},
           {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 [syn: {barricade}, {barricado}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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