a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

[ Syn: roadblock ]

a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy; they stormed the barricade'

render unsuitable for passage; block the way; barricade the streets; stop the busy road

[ Syn: block , blockade , stop , block off , block up , bar ]

prevent access to by barricading; The street where the President lives is always barricaded'

block off with barricades

[ Syn: barricado ]