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BARRICADE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

they stormed the barricade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("barricade" is a kind of...):

barrier (a structure or object that impedes free movement)

Derivation:

barricade (block off with barricades)

barricade (prevent access to by barricading)

barricade (render unsuitable for passage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

barricade; roadblock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("barricade" is a kind of...):

barrier (a structure or object that impedes free movement)

Derivation:

barricade (block off with barricades)

barricade (prevent access to by barricading)

barricade (render unsuitable for passage)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Block off with barricades

Synonyms:

barricade; barricado

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "barricade" is one way to...):

block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

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.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prevent access to by barricading

Example:

The street where the President lives is always barricaded

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "barricade" is one way to...):

block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

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.)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Render unsuitable for passage

Example:

stop the busy road

Synonyms:

bar; barricade; block; block off; block up; blockade; stop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "barricade" is one way to...):

block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)

Verb group:

block; obstruct (shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "barricade"):

block off; close off; shut off (block off the passage through)

close (bar access to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

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.)

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