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barbed wire

noun

  1. 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

noun

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

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of barbed wire1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Sneakers hang by their laces from barbed wire, dangling above two motorbikes.

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In January this year he became South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested after investigators scaled barricades and cut through barbed wire to take him into custody.

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The wrestling pioneer threw opponents through tables and barbed wire.

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Known as an originator of hardcore wrestling, Sabu often leapt from chairs and threw his opponents through tables and barbed wire.

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No one was being allowed into the complex - but even from a distance as BBC reporters peered through the barbed wire fence surrounding it, the damage was unmistakable.

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