1. temporary barriers built to block or defend a passage or area
Usage: plural of barricade

1. blocks or defends with barriers; shuts oneself in for protection
Usage: third person singular present tense of barricade

Examples

• Police set up barricades to control the crowd.
• The protesters built barricades from overturned cars.
• She barricades herself in her room when upset.
• The army barricades the entrance to the base.
• Workers removed the construction barricades from the street.
• He always barricades the door before going to sleep.
• The barricades prevented vehicles from entering the plaza.