Explore Barricade through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like block or obstruct. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Barricade meaning
- A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
- An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
- A place of confrontation.
Synonyms of Barricade
Using Barricade
- The main meaning on this page is: A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence | An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. | A place of confrontation.
- Useful related words include: block, obstruct, obturate, impede.
- In the example corpus, barricade often appears in combinations such as: the barricade, to barricade, barricade and.
Context around Barricade
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Barricade
- In this selection, "barricade" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, police, metal, now, situation and bomb stand out and add context to how "barricade" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a barricade situation reported and a metal barricade. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "barricade" sits close to words such as additive, affirm and agony, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with barricade
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Becky Lynch shoed up to drive Stark into the barricade three times. (12 words)
A barricade situation reported in the Maui Lani area Friday afternoon ended peacefully. (13 words)
Barricade may not have the most physical power, but his strength comes from his deception. (15 words)
And what’s best for her is a friend looking her in the eyes and telling her “It’s time to let go” and keeping her from following Marius to the barricade, thereby preventing her premature death. (37 words)
Flames from a nearby fire illuminate protesters standing on a barricade in front of the Third Police Precinct on May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during a protest over the death of George Floyd. (34 words)
Dragunov was chasing him and set up for a finisher but had to jump the barricade as well and chase McDonagh through the crowd, and the two seemingly headed further into the arena. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
They fight on top of the barricade now, where Briscoe nails a superplex from the barricade to the floor.
If the road is flooded and a barricade is in place, motorists who drive around the barricade can be charged up to $2000 for costs involved in rescuing them.
A barricade situation reported in the Maui Lani area Friday afternoon ended peacefully.
After the match, Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams jumped the barricade and attacked Corbin, eliciting loud NXT chants in Des Moines, Ia.
And during the very impressive main event between Damian and Seth, the champ hit Damian with a barricade bomb, which “injured” Damian’s shoulder for the remainder of their match.
And what’s best for her is a friend looking her in the eyes and telling her “It’s time to let go” and keeping her from following Marius to the barricade, thereby preventing her premature death.
An opponent sitting deep, forming a barricade around their own penalty area and keeping City out for the first 45 minutes is nothing new.
Another humorous way the show tackled the serious issues of the time is in the depiction of the Friends Across the Barricade retreat.
A video captured Milstreed retrieving a smoke grenade from the crowd of rioters and throwing it back at police across a barricade.
Barricade may not have the most physical power, but his strength comes from his deception.
Becky Lynch shoed up to drive Stark into the barricade three times.
Carlito gets the upper hand early and lays in strikes then bounces Escobar off the barricade but here come a bunch of refs and agents to break up the fight.
Charlotte accidentally drops Belair with a big boot, which is enough to draw Belair over the barricade to go after Asuka (smart) for the DQ at 8:38.
Dragunov was chasing him and set up for a finisher but had to jump the barricade as well and chase McDonagh through the crowd, and the two seemingly headed further into the arena.
Farmers break police barricade as they arrive to join wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, Monday, May 8, 2023.
Flames from a nearby fire illuminate protesters standing on a barricade in front of the Third Police Precinct on May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during a protest over the death of George Floyd.
Graffiti was observed on a barricade in the Addison parking deck, 149 N. Addison Ave., by an officer patrolling at 4:48 p.m. March 24.
He entered a rehabilitation center after crashing his car into a barricade on Capitol Hill in 2006.
Hurricanrana from Stratton then a discus clothesline, then a handspring back elbow through the barricade by the timekeeper.
I’m still laughing about this man quoting Tupac right before getting his ass suplexed onto a metal barricade.
Common combinations with barricade
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the barricade 77×
- to barricade 17×
- barricade and 15×
- barricade to 9×
- barricade on 9×
- barricade the 8×
- barricade in 6×
- and barricade 5×
- barricade at 5×
- barricade of 5×