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ENGLISH: barricade - CREOLE: barikad

Overview of noun barricade

The noun barricade has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (2) roadblock, barricade -- (a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.)

2. (1) barricade -- (a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy); "they stormed the barricade")

Overview of verb barricade

The verb barricade has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar -- (render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road")

2. barricade -- (prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded")

3. barricade, barricado -- (block off with barricades)