0 a line or pile of objects put together, often quickly, to stop people from going where they want to go: --
1 to build a barricade across, around, or in front of something: --
2 a large object or objects that are used to stop people from going where they want to go --
3 to block anyone from reaching a place: --
The protesting students barricaded the streets leading to the university.
However, in putting up these barricades, we do not always think about the effects on those living on the other side of the hedge.
Miners will not man the barricades in order to keep obsolete pits open if they can be provided with satisfactory alternative work.
We can all keep our heads tucked down behind the barricades and then say that we have received minimal post on a very important matter.
We do not pull down the barricades or throw broken bottles at the police.
Nonetheless, there is a right approach in these matters that depends on consultation and diplomacy and not everyone at the barricades all the time.
Incident types most often associated with disturbances are concerted indiscipline, hostage taking, at height incidents (including rooftop protests), barricades and combinations of these.
I still remember setting the first poll tax and people jumping down from the gallery and barricading themselves in the council chamber.
Not all were worth going to the stake for, or to the barricades.
