barricaded

Definitions

Blocked or defended with a barrier.

Confined or shut in by an obstruction.

Examples

The protesters barricaded the entrance to the building to prevent anyone from entering.

Fearing the approaching storm, the family barricaded the windows with heavy wooden boards.

Synonyms

blocked obstructed fortified sealed off shut off defended encircled

Antonyms

opened accessible unblocked cleared exposed unprotected vulnerable