barricades
Obstacles blocking passage
Barricades are barriers erected to block passage or provide protection.
Police set up barricades to control crowds; protesters build barricades from overturned vehicles and debris.
The word suggests something improvised or temporary rather than permanent: They pushed through the barricades.
To barricade is to block with barriers: She barricaded herself in the bedroom.
Fortified defensive wall
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- palisadeFence of pointed stakes
- stockadeFence of sharpened stakes
- parapetLow wall at edge
entrenchment · earthwork · redoubt · bastion · breastwork · gabion · sandbags · defensive wall
Thing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- hurdleBarrier to leap over
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
restriction · constraint · deterrent · stumbling block · snag · check · limitation · interference
Public display of opinion
- riotViolent public disturbance
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- civil unrestPublic disturbance by citizens
- street protestPublic demonstration against authority
resistance · occupation · picketing · standoff · tear gas · riot police · confrontation · blockage
Sealing off a place
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- wallVertical enclosing structure
partition · gate · cordon · perimeter · checkpoint · turnstile · bollard · crowd control
Violent offensive act
- breachBreaking of agreement
- stormingAttacking with force
- battering ramHeavy beam for breaching
- siege towerMobile assault platform
scaling · bombardment · blockade · encirclement · defensive position · last stand · fortified · besieged
rampart
Fortified defensive wall
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- palisadeFence of pointed stakes
- stockadeFence of sharpened stakes
parapet · entrenchment · earthwork · redoubt · bastion · breastwork · gabion · sandbags · defensive wall · battlement
impediment
Thing that obstructs progress
bottleneck · restriction · constraint · deterrent · stumbling block · snag · check · limitation · interference · bar
demonstration
Public display of opinion
- riotViolent public disturbance
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- civil unrestPublic disturbance by citizens
street protest · resistance · occupation · picketing · standoff · tear gas · riot police · confrontation · blockage · sit-in
blockade
Sealing off a place
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
wall · partition · gate · cordon · perimeter · checkpoint · turnstile · bollard · crowd control · fencing
assault
Violent offensive act
- breachBreaking of agreement
- stormingAttacking with force
- battering ramHeavy beam for breaching
siege tower · scaling · bombardment · blockade · encirclement · defensive position · last stand · fortified · besieged · holding out
- parade routeavenue, boulevard, street, sidewalk, sidewalks
- riot controlriot police, riot gear, riot shield, tear gas, water cannon
- road barrierstraffic cones, jersey barriers, crash barriers, guardrails, bollards
- 1830s Franceconstitutional monarchy, Bourbon Restoration, tricolor flag, tricolor, National Guard
- 1956 HungaryHungarian Revolution, 1956, freedom fighters, Soviet invasion, Soviet tanks
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, cranes
barricadesopenings
Available positions or gaps
passageways · gateways · entrances · corridors · thoroughfares
barricadesbreaches
Breaks or violations
gaps · apertures · clearings · open doors · free access
barricadeswelcome mats
Entryway floor coverings
open arms · open doors · invitations · embraces · red carpets
- temporary barricadesMovable barriers for crowd control
- barricade tapeBoundary marker for hazards