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to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic
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Recent Examples of barricaded
Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Along Northeast 59th Terrace, in front of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, a stage was set up that boomed with Haitian music, and food stalls dotted the barricaded road serving fresh cuisine, like griot and pâté lambi, from local restaurants and home kitchens.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Responding officers found a man barricaded and armed with a weapon, the release said.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
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Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was fatally shot by police during the event, while trying to climb through a barricaded door to enter the Speaker's Lobby on January 6.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Along Northeast 59th Terrace, in front of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, a stage was set up that boomed with Haitian music, and food stalls dotted the barricaded road serving fresh cuisine, like griot and pâté lambi, from local restaurants and home kitchens.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
Verb
Six activists barricaded themselves in the City Hall offices of Mayor Todd Gloria on Friday, a stand-off that continued until they were arrested.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Responding officers found a man barricaded and armed with a weapon, the release said.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barricaded
guarded
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Rather than social paranoia per se, people simply become exceedingly guarded and opt to turn off all external contact.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Part Two of the plan was going to a zone defense, and then finally, Lucas put muscular freshman Shelton Henderson on Okorie and face-guarded him and tried to take him out of the game.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Barricaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barricaded. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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