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[ noun ] strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

On the forward slope in_front_of his own post stretched two rows of barbed_wire .

Closer still , regular barricades of barbed_wire hung on timber supports .

At 2130 hours they had passed_through the barbed_wire at the point of departure .

Related terms

wire concertina barb

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