barricade

  • 11barricadé — Barricadé, [barricad]ée. part. Il a les significations de son verbe. On dit fig. quand un homme s enferme dans une chambre pour ne voir personne, qu Il s y est barricadé …

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  • 12barricade — ► NOUN ▪ an improvised barrier erected to block a road or entrance. ► VERB ▪ block or defend with a barricade. ORIGIN French, from Spanish barrica cask ; related to BARREL(Cf. ↑barrel) (barrels being used to build the first barricades in Paris) …

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  • 13barricade — [bar′i kād΄, ber′i kād′] n. [Fr < It barricata, pp. of barricare, to fortify (< ? Fr or Sp barrica, barrel, akin to BARREL: from use of casks as barriers] 1. a barrier thrown up hastily for defense, as in street fighting 2. any barrier or… …

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  • 14barricade — I noun bar, barrier, blockade, bulwark, damper, dike, embankment, fortification, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, protection, rampart, restraint, stockade, wall II (hinder) verb bar, block, check, deter, enjoin, halt, hamper, impede, lock,… …

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  • 15barricade — n barrier, *bar …

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  • 16Barricade — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Barricade (homonymie). La Liberté guidant le peuple Artiste …

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  • 17barricade — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ human ▪ police ▪ makeshift ▪ burning ▪ concrete, metal, steel …

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  • 18barricade — n. 1) to place, set up a barricade 2) to man the barricades 3) to remove, take down a barricade 4) a barbed wire barricade 5) a barricade against * * * [ bærɪkeɪd] set up a barricade take down a barricade a barbed wire barricade a barricade… …

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  • 19barricade — I UK [ˌbærɪˈkeɪd] / US [ˌberɪˈkeɪd] noun [countable] Word forms barricade : singular barricade plural barricades 1) a temporary structure that is built across a road, gate, or door to prevent people from getting through a barricade of burning… …

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  • 20Barricade — A barricade is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. The very first barricades in the streets of Paris, a feature of the French Revolution and… …

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