I. noun
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Soldiers fired over the barricades at the rioters.
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Discussions took place in the street behind the barricades, and in private houses, about future tactics.
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Finally a single Land-Rover ground over the ridge and stopped at the barricade .
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Images of desperate freedom-fighters handing the packet round behind the barricade .
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In spirit, then, I will take my place at the barricades beside Mr Wei.
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Ironically, during the civil war, they served as the building blocks for barricades.
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Police barricades were set up at the front entrance, and police cars occasionally circled the building.
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The police courteously directed patrons around the crowd-control barricades.
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This loss is not renewed overnight, even though the barricades are now down.
II. verb
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Miners in Spain barricaded roads and clashed with police.
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At some point in the early eighties they were barricaded.
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At this hour they were all barricaded and fortified, protected by wire and armed with heavy padlocks.
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Back when me and my buddies were barricading the front door, who left the back door open?
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Farmers have barricaded their fields to prevent partygoers from trespassing on their land.
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It caused a lot of tension, riots, and they barricaded the cells.
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Pimentel, 61, barricaded the road, prompting a lawsuit from the church.
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They barricaded the buses, banging on the doors and windows.
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You barricaded your door against its tall figure.