barricade
Example Sentences
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The man and the two other people ran back to the nearby apartment and barricaded themselves inside, DHS said.
He appeared to fully give in to the moment, allowing the fans to embrace him over the barricade.
From BBC
While the market reopened on November 20, guarded by armed police and protected by concrete barricades, it remained closed on Saturday out of respect to the victims of last year's attack.
From Barron's
Uncollected garbage barricaded the drainage ditches that encased their neighborhood.
From Salon
They locked the doors and barricaded them with chairs and desks.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
