barricade vs swerve

barricade

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 

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

  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

  • A place of confrontation. 

swerve

verb
  • To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off. 

  • To bend; to incline; to give way. 

  • To go out of a straight line; to deflect. 

  • To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. 

  • Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line 

  • To climb or move upward by winding or turning. 

  • To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub. 

  • To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact. 

noun
  • A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision. 

  • A deviation from duty or custom. 

How often have the words barricade and swerve occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )