barricades

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A form of barricade — A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of barricade

    Groups of citizens (...) were scattered round; and if they were to be as violent in action as they were in gesture and discourse, the future might well be matter of apprehension. But Bournonville, who had witnessed the day of the barricades in the first La Fronde, looked on with great composure.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 82
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of barricade
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APA

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MLA

“barricades.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barricades. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barricades,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barricades.

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