Sentence examples for to barricade from inspiring English sources

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to barricade

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To close or block a road etc., using a barricade

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Some had planned to barricade themselves in.

The lovers are forced to barricade themselves inside.

She tried to barricade herself into her room with furniture.

He said he had to barricade the doors to stop the demonstrators entering.

It also said the groups tried to barricade streets, burned tires, looted stores and burglarized cars.

Stones were piled to barricade the streets, and local men carried out patrols.

The city's bureaucrats tried frantically to barricade them in, or out — nobody seemed sure which.

There are no more telephone booths for latter-day Olivers to barricade themselves in.

They used concrete blocks to try to barricade themselves against the water.

We tried to barricade the rest of the house – we even put up No Entry signs.

American soldiers moved in with tanks to barricade the area and set up checkpoints.

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