Thesaurus results for CORDON

cordon

noun

Definition of cordon

as in barricade

a line of people or objects that are placed around or in front of a person or place to keep people away A cordon of police kept protesters away from the building.

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Recent Examples of cordon Leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party have been detained after breaching a security cordon to demand the resignation of the country’s election chief, who deleted 130 million names from voters’ lists. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026 Some protesters nevertheless broke through police cordons, chanting slogans against Modi and election authorities before being detained. — Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Nothing says ordinary pneumonia quite like a cordon and a proper scolding. — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026 At West, the fans aren’t separated, and there are no cordons. — Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cordon

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barricade

Noun

The city is on tenterhooks, with yellow barricades and roaming security forces dotting the streets.

— Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2026
On the Champs-Elysées, groups of protesters set up barricades, defying police bans on protest actions there.

— Elina Baudier Kim, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026