Usage Note
Barricader means to block access with a barricade, and is commonly used reflexively — se barricader chez soi ('to barricade oneself in at home') is the most typical modern usage. The noun barricade spread from French into other European languages.
Examples
"Les manifestants ont barricadé la rue."
Natural Translation
The protesters barricaded the street.
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