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was barricaded

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

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Her street, University Avenue, was barricaded and checkpointed.

The Plaza was barricaded from 6AM to 6PM.

He dismissed TV reports that he was barricaded inside.

The building was barricaded with barbed wire, tanks and armored vehicles.

Other officers had broken down the door of the room where the shooter was barricaded.

The balcony, which protesters tried to scale, was barricaded, enhancing the sense of siege.

The New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan was barricaded and heavily guarded yesterday, as usual.

The police said taking a rifle was appropriate for a situation in which a dangerous person was barricaded.

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The roads are barricaded.

Many streets were barricaded.

The road to her house is barricaded.

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