construct a barricade

Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words

to build or make a barrier, often more formally

barricadeVERB + barricade

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construct

Examples (10)

  • The rebels began to construct a barricade to block the main road.
  • The engineering corps was tasked to construct a barricade using concrete blocks.
  • We will construct a barricade of sandbags to protect the embassy.
  • A makeshift barricade was constructed from old furniture and burning tires.
  • Constructing a barricade was their only option to slow down the advancing troops.
  • Police decided they must construct a temporary barricade to control the crowd.
  • Their primary goal was to construct a barricade that could withstand a direct assault.
  • If the floodwaters rise, residents will have to construct a barricade to save their homes.
  • By nightfall, the protesters had constructed a formidable barricade across the bridge.
  • The commander ordered his soldiers to construct a barricade at the entrance of the valley.