Definition of Barricaded

1. Adjective. Preventing entry or exit or a course of action. "The blockaded harbor"

Exact synonyms: Barred, Blockaded
Similar to: Obstructed

Definition of Barricaded

1. Verb. (past of barricade) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barricaded

1. barricade [v] - See also: barricade

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barricaded

barreters
barretor
barretors
barretries
barretry
barrets
barrett's oesophagus
barrett oesophagus
barrette
barretter
barretters
barrettes
barriada
barriadas
barricade
barricaded
barricader
barricaders
barricades
barricading
barricado
barricado'd
barricadoed
barricadoes
barricadoing
barricados
barrico
barricoes
barricos
barrier

Literary usage of Barricaded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Wars of the French Revolution ...: Comprehending the Civil by Edward Baines (1855)
"... closed up and strongly barricaded with hides, notwithstanding all ... the doors of which were so firmly barricaded, that scarcely any effort could force ..."

2. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"8 Stanton was barricaded in his office and remained there day and night for a number of weeks. For a while it was feared that the President, ..."

3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"sardines in a box, and barricaded from us by an iron grating, were more than a thousand Chinese coolies. A sentry, heavily armed, sto.od by the padlocked ..."

4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"... and barricaded from us by an iron grating, were more than a thousand Chinese coolies. A sentry, heavily armed, stood by the padlocked grating constantly ..."

5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"This hill they barricaded with sugar hogsheads filled with sand. Within musket shot to the NW, was another small conical hill, which became their first ..."

6. Notes on Military Explosives by Erasmus Morgan Weaver (1912)
"Minimum safe distance of Pounds of barricaded ' storage magazines Explosives. from inhabited buildings. Feet. 50 120 100 180 200 260 300 320 400 360 500 400 ..."

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