barricade
Hastily built obstacle
A barricade is a barrier hastily constructed to block passage or provide protection—typically during riots, protests, or street fighting: Protesters erected barricades from overturned cars and debris.
The verb means to block with such a barrier or to shut oneself in: They barricaded themselves in the building.
Extended uses describe any obstruction: a barricade of red tape.
Sealing off a place
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
- hurdleBarrier to leap over
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
bottleneck · hindrance · blockage · obstruction · cordon · checkpoint · bollard · traffic cone
Fortified defensive wall
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- bastionFortified defensive position
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- strongholdFortified place of defense
palisade · parapet · stockade · bunker · redoubt · entrenchment · citadel · garrison
Violent offensive act
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- breachBreaking of agreement
- battering ramHeavy beam for breaching
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
besiege · starvation · blockade · sally · sortie · catapult · conquest · scorched-earth
Public display of opinion
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
insurgency · riot · standoff · occupation · sit-in · picket · resistance · confrontation
Place of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- havenShelter from danger
- hideoutSecret place of refuge
- safehouseSecure secret shelter
cover · protection · retreat · bolt-hole · bunker · hideaway · safe room · lockdown
Movable room objects
- chairsFurniture for sitting
- tablesFlat-topped furniture pieces
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- rubbleBroken building fragments
boards · planks · shopping cart · dumpster · improvised · cobbled together · piled up · stacked
blockade
Sealing off a place
impediment · bottleneck · hindrance · blockage · obstruction · cordon · checkpoint · bollard · traffic cone · sawhorse
rampart
Fortified defensive wall
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- bastionFortified defensive position
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
stronghold · palisade · parapet · stockade · bunker · redoubt · entrenchment · citadel · garrison · guard
assault
Violent offensive act
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- breachBreaking of agreement
- battering ramHeavy beam for breaching
siege · besiege · starvation · blockade · sally · sortie · catapult · conquest · scorched-earth · siegecraft
demonstration
Public display of opinion
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
insurrection · insurgency · riot · standoff · occupation · sit-in · picket · resistance · confrontation · cobblestone
refuge
Place of safety
safehouse · cover · protection · retreat · bolt-hole · bunker · hideaway · safe room · lockdown · shelter-in-place
furniture
Movable room objects
rubble · boards · planks · shopping cart · dumpster · improvised · cobbled together · piled up · stacked
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- construction equipmentbackhoe, bulldozer, excavator, crane, forklift
- event securitybouncer, bodyguard, metal detector, wristband, credential
- parade routeavenue, boulevard, street, sidewalk, sidewalks
- obstructionobstruction, delay, roadblock, blockade, bottleneck
- riot controlriot police, riot gear, riot shield, tear gas, water cannon
barricadewelcome
Hospitable greeting offered
invitation · open arms · reception · hospitality · embrace
- temporary barricadesMovable barriers for crowd control
- barricade tapeBoundary marker for hazards