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barricade

noun
  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.
    roadblock
verb
  1. to block off with barricades
    “The students barricaded themselves into the dean's office.”
  2. to prevent access to by barricading
    “The street where the President lives is always barricaded.”
  3. to render unsuitable for passage
    “The protesters barricaded the street.”
    blockade