barricade

Universal Words noun, verb noun a line of objects placed across a road, etc. to stop people from getting past: The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. * a barricade made of doors, chairs and broken tables verb [VN] to defend or block sth by building a barricade: They barricaded all the doors and windows. PHRASALVERBS barricade yourself in / inside (sth) to build a barricade in front of you in order to prevent anyone from coming in: He had barricaded himself in his room.