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barricade

noun as in blocking object

verb as in block, usually to protect

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Hours later he reversed the order after 190 MPs voted it down, with many of them climbing fences and breaking barricades to get into the voting chamber.

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The order was abruptly reversed hours later after 190 MPs managed to make it into the parliament and vote it down - some of them climbing fences and breaking barricades to get into the chamber.

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Some lawmakers jumped over barricades and fences to get past security forces in order to convene in parliament and void Yoon's decree.

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Some opposition lawmakers broke barricades and climb fences to get to the voting chamber.

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Hastily, they barricaded the entrances with whatever they could find: cushioned benches, long tables, sofas.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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