Definitions

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of barricade.

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  • adjective preventing entry or exit or a course of action

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Examples

  • As Hackberry walked deeper into the shadows, the sunlight that had fractured on the ridgeline disappeared, and he could see the tents and the pickup truck and the SUV and the mountainside in detail, and he realized the mistake he had made: You never allow your enemy to become what is known as a barricaded suspect.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • As Hackberry walked deeper into the shadows, the sunlight that had fractured on the ridgeline disappeared, and he could see the tents and the pickup truck and the SUV and the mountainside in detail, and he realized the mistake he had made: You never allow your enemy to become what is known as a barricaded suspect.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • As Hackberry walked deeper into the shadows, the sunlight that had fractured on the ridgeline disappeared, and he could see the tents and the pickup truck and the SUV and the mountainside in detail, and he realized the mistake he had made: You never allow your enemy to become what is known as a barricaded suspect.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • While most of the world is dead, there are small pockets of survivors that exist in barricaded cities across the globe.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Finally…the Zombie MMO we were all waiting for. 2006

  • Over several hours of negotiations, police tried to call the barricaded man, but he had disconnected his home phone and damaged his cell, Kozak said.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories Sarah Mausolf Vail Correspondent Glenwood Springs, 2009

  • Over several hours of negotiations, police tried to call the barricaded man, but he had disconnected his home phone and damaged his cell, Kozak said.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories 2009

  • As of 5 PM Friday, officials still had the block barricaded, meaning the only parking available to shoppers throughout the entire afternoon was in the lots behind the stores on both sides of Front Street, which is also County Road 620 and State Route 28, one of the county's busiest highways.

    Plainfield fire shuts down Front Street block Dan 2007

  • As of 5 PM Friday, officials still had the block barricaded, meaning the only parking available to shoppers throughout the entire afternoon was in the lots behind the stores on both sides of Front Street, which is also County Road 620 and State Route 28, one of the county's busiest highways.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Dan 2007

  • You see people running from the building there, in addition to the students who were just kind of barricaded inside that -- that building next door.

    CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2007 2007

  • You see people running from the building there, in addition to the students who were just kind of barricaded inside that -- that building next door.

    CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2007 2007

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