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barricade
1. n. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
2. n. An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
3. n. (figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation.
4. v. to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
5. v. to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

Example Sentences

People not living in trash might not feel a need to barricade themselves against filth.

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