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 Another image showed a police cordon around a small area in the Al-Aqsa compound plaza which also houses the golden Dome of the Rock, with small fragments strewn on the floor. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026 Installation officials created a 1,000-foot safety cordon around one of the inspection bays and instructed people to avoid the area. — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025 Units from the Mexican army and the National Guard established a ground cordon, while six helicopters and additional special forces stood by in states bordering Jalisco. — María Verza, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026 The Declaration and each page of the Constitution had been packed in cases and ceremoniously carried down the steps of the Library between a cordon of eighty-eight uniformed servicewomen, and each case placed in a Marine Corps personnel carrier. — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cordon

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cordon

barricade

Noun

Some disappointed fans lingered near the barricades and boundaries police had set up and were enforcing.

— Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Temperatures soared outside, approaching 100 degrees as police set up barricades.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026