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wire entanglement
noun
- a barbed-wire obstacle, usually mounted on posts and zigzagged back and forth along a front, designed to channel, delay, or halt an advance by enemy foot soldiers.
wire entanglement
noun
- a barrier or obstruction of barbed wire used in warfare
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wire entanglement1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
"This is the first barbed-wire entanglement," said Archer, as they approached.
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The whole wire entanglement stood in a mass of rank undergrowth, through which the nose of the torpedo had to be forced.
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This concealed trap arrangement was as complicated as a barbed-wire entanglement.
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Then he lay flat, while the Germans fired round after round on the wire entanglement behind him.
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Unfortunately, he got stuck in the wire entanglement and was discovered.
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