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Barricade

🔄 Synonyms of "Barricade"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
barnoun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
blockadenoun	The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
block upverb	(transitive) To completely block or obstruct.
block offverb	(transitive) To obstruct.
barricadonoun	(archaic) A barricade.
roadblocknoun	(figurative) An obstacle or impediment.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Barricade"

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Word	Definition
barricadonoun	(archaic) A barricade.
barnoun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
blockadenoun	The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
roadblocknoun	(figurative) An obstacle or impediment.
block upverb	(transitive) To completely block or obstruct.
block offverb	(transitive) To obstruct.
barriernoun	A structure that bars passage.
gatenoun	A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
wallnoun	A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
fencenoun	A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
damnoun	A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
barragenoun	An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
dammingnoun	The installation of a dam (structure to block flow).
weirnoun	An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
rivernoun	A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
bracenoun	A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
secureverb	Free from attack or danger; protected.
police barriernoun	A barrier erected by the police, usually as a checkpoint.
rampartnoun	A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.