What is another word for barricado?

Pronunciation: [bˌaɹɪkˈɑːdə͡ʊ] (IPA)

Barricado or barricade is a word that refers to an obstacle or a fortification meant to hinder the movement of individuals or groups. Some synonyms that can be used in place of the word barricado, based on their similar meanings, include blockage, obstruction, impediment, hindrance, fence, wall, and blockade. Diverse words such as blockade and wall have different nuances compared to barricade, which may imply stronger levels of resistance towards intrusion. On the other hand, terms such as fence and wall express a narrower scope, which indicates a confined or limited area. The selection of a synonym depends on the context and the purposes of the barricade.

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What are the hyponyms for Barricado?

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Usage examples for Barricado

Maurice thus playing his part upon the stage-as the general proceeded to observe-"was a skittish horse, becoming by little and little assured of what he had feared, and perceiving the harmlessness thereof; while his companions, finding no safety of neutrality in so great practices, and no overturning nor barricado to stop his rash wilded chariot, followed without fear; and when some of the first had passed the bog; the rest, as the fashion is, never started after.
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
By and by comes an order from White Hall to send down one of our number to Chatham, fearing that, as they did before, they may make a show first up hither, but then go to Chatham: so my Lord Bruncker do go, and we here are ordered to give notice to the merchant men-of-war, gone below the barricado at Woolwich, to come up again.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
I asked how she had got in, as the whole chevaux-de-frise barricado of chairs was still standing fast at the door.
"The Campaner Thal and Other Writings"
Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

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