BARRICADED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of barricaded

as in blockaded

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verb

past tense of barricade

as in guarded

to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic

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Police officers standing guard Thursday at a barricaded road near Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, where authorities were ordered to transfer Khan. — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026 Wilton Manors police arrested a man at an apartment complex after an armed robbery call escalated into a barricaded standoff on Thursday evening, officials say. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

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The Livermore Police Department said the suspect who was possibly armed had barricaded themselves inside a business near Fourth Street and South Livermore Avenue in downtown Livermore. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Harris barricaded himself inside the home after the shooting. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for barricaded

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Prices have continued to decline since both sides signed an interim peace deal that agreed to reopen the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, which is used to transport around 20% of the world’s oil.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Also Sunday, six people, including Bolivian Air Force officers, were killed in the crash of a light aircraft that had been conducting aerial patrols over a blockaded highway.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 June 2026

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The script has been closely guarded in the period leading up to next week’s AFM in Los Angeles in ways generally reserved for the biggest IP.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
Instead, my mother ferociously guarded her friendships with open-minded neighbors.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

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