barricade vs perimeter

barricade

noun
  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 

  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

  • A place of confrontation. 

verb
  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade 

  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port 

perimeter

noun
  • A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position. 

  • The outer limits of an area. See synonyms at circumference. 

  • An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision. 

  • The length of such a boundary. 

  • The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object. 

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