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barbed wire

noun

a wire or strand of wires having small pieces of sharply pointed wire twisted around it at short intervals, used chiefly for fencing in livestock, keeping out trespassers, etc.

barbed wire

strong wire with sharply pointed barbs at close intervals Also called (US)barbwire

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First recorded in 1860–65

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So perhaps the barbed wire and the machinations of the plot did duty for other obstacles that stood between myself and freedom.

Click here to see a photo of Galbraith and Fairchild posing in front of barbed wire that marked off mines in the zone.

Two parallel fences tipped with barbed wire formed a narrow corridor into the gymnasium.

Fences built ten-feet high with fifteen rows of electrified barbed wire surrounded the compound.

These days, the vast majority of coalition forces work within the walls, guard towers, and barbed wire of their bases.

By this time the red cow had become excited and was threatening to follow her fool daughter through the barbed wire fence.

I turned hastily, just in time to see the farrow cow in the act of shredding herself through a tight barbed wire fence.

I had to put in the three of them before they would stop threatening to commit hari-kari on the barbed wire fence.

In a few moment's the group in advance pulled up, shouting "'Ware barbed wire!"

There was a streak of barbed wire on the fence, and in tryin' to get over he got tangled; and if I didn't give it to him!

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