barbed wire

NOUN
  1. strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
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How To Use barbed wire In A Sentence

  • A tall, impenetrable wall with barbed wire and sharp metal spikes on top surrounded the entire complex.
  • Looking out of the bus window, I saw tank traps, sandbagged trenches, tank emplacements, barbed wire, low flying copters.
  • Now, in this land the path of the transgressor is strewn with barbed wire, and so my mistress got entangled in some loose strands that had uncoiled from the fence. Janey Canuck in the West
  • I followed him inside the rambling barbed wire, shaking my head and muttering “Cayuse?” Silver Zombie
  • The balls would soar out over the sand bags and barbed wire protecting our position, and into the perimeter, which happened to be mined heavily.
  • There were also artillery batteries and thousands of yards of interlocking systems of barbed wire defences.
  • You may not, however, top your wall with broken glass or barbed wire without the consent of your local authority.
  • Also watch for cuts and abrasions from things like barbed wire fence, old machinery left hidden under tall grass, stickweeds and burrs.
  • I once witnessed a 7 pt being sawed from a barbed wire fence when I was about 8. Video Report: Montana Ranchers Untangle Locked Bucks
  • Be careful not to snag your coat on the barbed wire.
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