Usage Note
Barricade has deep roots in French political history — street barricades were central to the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 and to the 1871 Commune, and the word carries strong symbolic weight in French culture. The verb barricader means 'to barricade', and se barricader chez soi means 'to hole up at home'. Victor Hugo's Les Misérables famously depicts scenes on the barricades.
Examples
"Les manifestants ont dressé une barricade dans la rue."
Natural Translation
The protesters erected a barricade in the street.
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