barricading
Fortifying an entrance
Barricading is blocking passage or access with barriers.
You can barricade a door against intruders, barricade a street during protests, or barricade yourself in a room for safety.
The word suggests urgency or defense: They spent the night barricading windows against the storm.
Figuratively, someone might barricade themselves emotionally—shutting others out.
Making stronger or sturdier
- reinforcingMaking more robust
- entrenchingFirmly establishing something
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- guardingActively protecting something
protection · safeguarding · securing · armoring · buttressing · stronghold · bunker · shelter
Surrounding a fortification militarily
- assaultViolent offensive act
- breachBreaking of agreement
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- battlementToothed fortress wall crown
palisade · fortification · trenches · parapet · bulwark · stockade · citadel · fortress
Sealing off a place
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- checkpointInspection station on route
- bollardTraffic-blocking vertical post
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
gate · wall · partition · cordoning · perimeter · obstruction · barrage · enclosure
Impeding forward progress
- impedingBlocking forward motion
- hinderingCreating obstacles to progress
- hamperingInterfering with progress
- thwartingObstructing intended outcomes
preventing · stopping · halting · restricting · sealing off · shutting out · locking down · bottlenecking
Public display of opinion
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
civil disobedience · rally · march · blockading · street closure · human chain · lockdown · direct action
fortifying
Making stronger or sturdier
- reinforcingMaking more robust
- entrenchingFirmly establishing something
- shieldingProtecting from harm
guarding · protection · safeguarding · securing · armoring · buttressing · stronghold · bunker · shelter · sanctuary
besieging
Surrounding a fortification militarily
battlement · palisade · fortification · trenches · parapet · bulwark · stockade · citadel · fortress · garrison
blockade
Sealing off a place
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- checkpointInspection station on route
- bollardTraffic-blocking vertical post
fence · gate · wall · partition · cordoning · perimeter · obstruction · barrage · enclosure · screen
blocking
Impeding forward progress
- impedingBlocking forward motion
- hinderingCreating obstacles to progress
- hamperingInterfering with progress
thwarting · preventing · stopping · halting · restricting · sealing off · shutting out · locking down · bottlenecking · jamming
demonstration
Public display of opinion
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
resistance · civil disobedience · rally · march · blockading · street closure · human chain · lockdown · direct action · standoff
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- interferenceinterfering, meddling, intruding, butting in, obstructing
- fortifyingfortifying, reinforcing, shoring up, buttressing, bracing
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
- enclosurescage, pen, box, enclosure, case
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
barricadingopening
Gap or start
unblocking · clearing · allowing · unbarring · freeing
barricadingexposing
Making something known
opening up · laying bare · surrendering · dismantling · disarming
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