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barricade

English

  1. 🔊 a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
    “they stormed the barricade”
  2. 🔊 a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
  3. 🔊 block off with barricades
  4. 🔊 prevent access to by barricading
    “The street where the President lives is always barricaded”
  5. 🔊 render unsuitable for passage
    “block the way”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 valla barricade

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