n.
1.a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
2.a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy) barricade v.
1.render unsuitable for passage
2.prevent access to by barricading
3.block off with barricades
Idiom of the Day
out of circulation
not active, to not join in what others are doing
The boy has a new girlfriend so he will be out of circulation for awhile.