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an improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces.

バリケード, 障害物

verb with object

block or defend with an improvised barrier:

〈道･戸など〉にバリケードを築く, …をふさいで守る

e.g. he barricaded the door with a bureau

e.g. (as adjective barricaded) : the heavily barricaded streets.

shut (oneself or someone) into a place by blocking all the entrances:

【場所に】〈人〉を閉じ込める(in);〖～ oneself〗 〈人が〉 【場所に】閉じこもる, 立てこもる(in) «in, into, inside» .

e.g. detainees who barricaded themselves into their dormitory.

late 16th century: from French, from barrique ‘cask’, from Spanish barrica; related to barrel (barrels often being used to build barricades).