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barricade

nounverb /bærəkeɪd/ 3 syllables 9 letters Scrabble 14 WWF 16
Definitions
noun

a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

verb

render unsuitable for passage

“barricade the streets”

verb

block off with barricades

noun

a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy

“they stormed the barricade”

verb

prevent access to by barricading

“The street where the President lives is always barricaded”

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