barricade
ਆੜ
definition
verb
he barricaded the door with a bureau
block or defend with an improvised barrier.
noun
Huge concrete and steel barricades were erected to prevent demonstrators from getting anywhere near the venue, while surrounding streets were completely blocked off.
an improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces.
example
There was mayhem going on on the road outside as the road repair men did their best to 'barricade' us all in whilst they patched our holes.
Over time, all the couples move towards the same corner where the women 'barricade' their men.
At Walthamstow High School for Girls the headmistress called in the police to 'barricade' the young women in the school with police vans.
Soldiers used Humvees to 'barricade' the building.
They will definitely sign something saying that they will follow the law, and they will not 'barricade' the boy or take him away or anything of this nature.
On a major thoroughfare, a 'barricade' constructed of burning tyres sent a wall of thick, black smoke along the street.
Staff at Darwen's M65 services had to 'barricade' themselves behind closed doors during a ‘nightmare’ evening of trouble.
Word got through the village that the guy had been taken, and the entire village went out into the street and erected a 'barricade' .
We fought furiously, and managed to drive them outside, and were about to 'barricade' the door, when the entire building shook, and a loud explosion was heard.
‘Dude, we have to 'barricade' the door,’ I said while breathing heavily.
There was heavy fighting in Nanning, where our people were 'barricaded' in an old district of the city, with no more than a hundred rifles between us.
The jobless workers have threatened to set up 'barricades' to prevent movement in and out of the refineries.
The corridor leading to the underground rail system was heavily 'barricaded' and manned by starguards while others stood guard around the room.
When several protesters managed to scale 'barricades' and force their way into the lobby, police responded with a blanket of pepper-spray and quickly arrested nearly a dozen protesters.
I understand that she was almost 'barricaded' into her home based upon perceived fear by [the patient] that she would be victimised or harassed.
I went back into the building and 'barricaded' the door with a vending machine.
The court heard that, once inside, the defendant shut the front door, 'barricaded' himself in, said he had a 12 bore shotgun and threatened to kill everyone there if they tried to enter.
Below Houston, each street into Soho was 'barricaded' and manned by huddles of cops.
During the night, about 500 protesters erected 'barricades' , set fires and threw rocks and bottles at police, who responded with water cannon.
In Caketown, these include a brittle suburbanite Bruce calls The Matriarch, who has 'barricaded' herself into her house out of fear of a deadly airborne virus.
Police 'barricaded' the streets in front of the courthouse.
Beckett had complained that he was 'barricaded' into his home by an RUC Landrover which parked against his front door.
Some time in 1891, police 'barricaded' a quiet street in Handsworth and raided the home of a Mr Cavargna, a soft-spoken insurance agent, aged 55.
The bill also grants the army authority to enter buildings without a warrant, cordon off areas, erect 'barricades' and stop vehicles to search them without a warrant.
When the police arrived he then decided to become violent and 'barricaded' himself into the flat.
At sunrise, a large crowd advances toward wooden 'barricades' erected to protect storefronts and bystanders.
As the block-long pens filled up, police 'barricaded' the blocks leading into the avenue, forcing those trying to join the protest to walk further and further north just to reach it.
Most of the 'barricades' erected by militant supporters of Aristide were removed and streets were empty.
The march quickly fell apart, not even making it to the heavily 'barricaded' convention centre where delegates were staying.
There were similar protests across the world, including Berlin, where bonfires were lit on the streets and 'barricades' erected to fend off police.
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