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bar•ri•cade



Pronunciation: (bar'i-kād", bar"i-kād'), [key]
—n., v., -cad•ed, -cad•ing.

—n.
1. a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
2. any barrier that obstructs passage.

—v.t.
1. to obstruct or block with a barricade: barricading the streets to prevent an attack.
2. to shut in and defend with or as if with a barricade: The rebels had barricaded themselves in the old city.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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