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barricade
noun as in blocking object
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Some lawmakers jumped over barricades and fences to get past security forces in order to convene in parliament and void Yoon's decree.
Some opposition lawmakers broke barricades and climb fences to get to the voting chamber.
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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