Synonyms for barricades
bar·ri·cades

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "barricades":

   roadblocks, barriers, blockades, dams

How to pronounce barricades?

How to say barricades in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use barricades in a sentence?

1. Chrystia Freeland:

   These illegal barricades are doing great damage to Canada's economy and to our reputation as a reliable trading partner.

2. Saa Yola Tolno:

   They set up barricades to stop us leaving. Some threw large stones that broke the car windshield, and others ran home to get their machetes.

3. Evan Courtney:

   I looked out of the window and saw SWAT with assault rifles huddled behind barricades, after about 15 minutes, police ran to us and told us to get out of the car and run in the opposite direction, out of harm's way.

4. The President:

   We need only look around to see that. I'm speaking... to a nearly empty lobby. The people who are here are wearing masks. To date, the pandemic has claimed the lives of five State Department American employees and 42 locally employed staff around the world. Many more have gotten sick, and outside our doors, our government buildings are surrounded by new barricades.

5. Vice President-elect:

   On that day, I was not only Vice President-elect, I was also a United States senator. And I was here at the Capitol that morning, at a classified hearing with fellow members of Senate Intelligence Committee. Hours later, the gates of the Capitol were breached, i had left. But my thoughts immediately turned not only to my colleagues, but to my staff, who had been forced to seek refuge in our office, converting filing cabinets into barricades.