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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.

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Usage examples (37)
  • They jumped a 30-foot barbed-wire fence to freedom.
  • She recognizes and recalls very well her barbed-wire tattoo.
  • "Fresh meat," says one man, with a barbed-wire tattoo on his neck.
  • He had to scale a seven-foot barbed-wire fence to get to the plane.
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