Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
barricade . - noun A place of confrontation, especially in an urban setting.
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
barricade .
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Examples
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If you are lucky you can even get food AND entertainment when you check out the frequent street protesters lined up in barricades next to the Mexican consulate …
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Such devices are usually called barricades and are useful in blocking the streets of towns and cities.
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All the amusement and joy around me says that the way Chip went about setting up the barricades was a good idea.
Hopefulness 2010
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All the amusement and joy around me says that the way Chip went about setting up the barricades was a good idea.
Hopefulness 2010
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All the amusement and joy around me says that the way Chip went about setting up the barricades was a good idea.
Hopefulness 2010
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On one side of the barricades are the "developmentalists," to whom the world's largest remaining rain forest is a bump in the road to progress.
Under Construction 2007
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The city roadblocks were racked up and trucked out for one more day but the barricades were the least of her worries.
Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007
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The first one over the barricades is the first one shot.
Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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On the other side of the barricades is the ANC, the mass democratic movement and their allies and supporters who demand that power must be transferred to the people as a whole.
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On one side of the barricades is the Botha regime, its allies and supporters which say that political power must forever be the monopoly of the white minority.
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