BARRICADE


Meaning of BARRICADE in English

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.

Finally a single Land-Rover ground over the ridge and stopped at the barricade .

Images of desperate freedom-fighters handing the packet round behind the barricade .

In spirit, then, I will take my place at the barricades beside Mr Wei.

Ironically, during the civil war, they served as the building blocks for barricades.

Police barricades were set up at the front entrance, and police cars occasionally circled the building.

The police courteously directed patrons around the crowd-control barricades.

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.

At this hour they were all barricaded and fortified, protected by wire and armed with heavy padlocks.

Back when me and my buddies were barricading the front door, who left the back door open?

Farmers have barricaded their fields to prevent partygoers from trespassing on their land.

It caused a lot of tension, riots, and they barricaded the cells.

Pimentel, 61, barricaded the road, prompting a lawsuit from the church.

They barricaded the buses, banging on the doors and windows.

You barricaded your door against its tall figure.

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