bar•ri•cade
Pronunciation: (bar'i-kād", bar"i-kād'), [key] — n., v., -cad•ed, -cad•ing.
—n. - a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
- any barrier that obstructs passage.
—v.t. - to obstruct or block with a barricade: barricading the streets to prevent an attack.
- to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade: The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.
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