barricade

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌbæɹɪˈkeɪd/

Noun

barricade (plural barricades)

1. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
2. An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.

   • Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere.

3. (figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.

Translations

• French: barricade
• German: Barrikade
• Italian: barricata
• Portuguese: barricada
• Russian: баррика́да
• Spanish: barricada

Translations

• German: Barrikade
• Russian: баррика́да

Verb

barricade (barricades, present participle barricading; past barricaded, past participle barricaded)

1. to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
2. to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

Translations

• French: barricader
• German: verbarrikadieren
• Russian: баррикади́ровать

Translations

• Russian: блоки́ровать

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