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 This is evident in its determination to contain the protests, deploying over 40,000 security personnel, closing down metro and train stations, barricading central Delhi, suspending mobile Internet, and detaining over 7,000 people. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 Officers arrested a man accused of stabbing another person to death before barricading himself inside a home Thursday morning in West Philadelphia. — Andrew Krietz, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 They were moved to various locations as rioters stormed the Capitol, and ended up barricading themselves in the Rayburn House Office Building until order was restored and Krishnamoorthi could vote. — Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 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

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Their day jobs are with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), a specialized force tasked with guarding the peaks and passes of India’s 2,167-mile (3,488-kilometer) long Himalayan border with China.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
The two businesses, collectively known as CTU, recruited the Colombian commandos who were supposed guarding Sanon in Haiti but later stormed Moïse’s hillside residence above Port-au-Prince in the middle of the night.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

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On one side, legions of determined teenagers protesting for their future by blockading schools and taking part in marches that have sometimes spiraled into violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Anti-riot police officers face protesting students carrying out blockading action outside the secondary school Le Corbusier, in Aubervilliers, northern Paris on October 1, 2026.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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