BARRICADING Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

barricading

verb

present participle of barricade

as in guarding

to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic

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Recent Examples of barricading Later, a few students took over Hamilton Hall, barricading themselves inside. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 New Castle city staff are barricading roads to keep people off dangerous streets, Blankenship said. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2026 David Drayton and his young son join other locals by barricading themselves in a supermarket. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026 After barricading himself in a home for over an hour Friday morning, Abugharbieh eventually surrendered to police wearing only a towel, as seen on aerial video of the incident. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026 The 26-year-old former student surrendered Friday after barricading himself in his family home during a domestic violence call. — Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026 Four people charged with barricading themselves outside San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria’s office earlier this year were granted misdemeanor diversion by a judge this week, which could result in the eventual dismissal of their criminal cases. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026 Last July, Grzegorz Braun, a far-right member of the European Parliament, joined protesters in temporarily barricading Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich and other visitors from leaving the memorial by blocking their cars. — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026 Gang members split into groups, launching attacks across multiple localities, barricading roads and digging trenches across routes that serve as entry and exit points, Bertide Horace, a spokesperson from the Dialogue and Reconciliation Commission to Save the Artibonite Valley, told CNN. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026

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World Liberty is celebrating the major milestone, while critics worry this is a new wrinkle on the classic case of the fox guarding the henhouse that will give corporations and foreign actors a new way to stealthily curry favor with the White House.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The 25-year-old center ended up playing 18 minutes, scoring three points on free throws and grabbing three rebounds but doing a solid job of guarding the towering Cardoso.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

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That includes Yemen’s Houthi movement blockading Saudi Arabian maritime traffic near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
In July, Houthi forces began blockading the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the corridor linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, in response to renewed Saudi strikes on Yemen.

— Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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