-But before long we came to a barricade fixed across the street, and then to another.
-They take as much genuine pleasure in building a barricade as they do in cutting a throat or shoving a friend into the Seine.
She barricaded the door with a table..........That table served as a barricade.
BARRICADE
The noun 'barricade' functions as the subjectof a sentence or a clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.Examples:A barricade was blocking the parking lot entrance. (subject of the sentence)The parking lot that the barricade blocked was freshly painted. (subject of the clause)We didn't cross the barricade, we walked to the next street. (direct object of the verb)The officer used his vehicle as a barricade. (object of the preposition)
I got this from the musical "Les Misérables" :"Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade."Hope it helps...
Block, blockade, barrier, impediment.
They needed to barricde the door in order to keep the killers out.
barricade, close, block, seal, secure
suppressive barricade
The root word of "barrage" is "barra," which means barricade or barrier in French.
Barricade
Protective barricade
'Barricade' CAN BE used as a noun, thusly: "Stay behind the barricade, please." However, it is used as a verb thusly: "Please do not barricade that alley."