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Synonyms for barbed wire

Grammar : Noun

Définition of barbed wire

Origin :
  • also barb wire, "fencing wire with sharp edges or points," 1863, American English, from barb + wire (n.).
  • noun spiky wire
Example sentences :
  • Why should you put up all this barbed wire between yourself and your friends?
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Lines of trenches and coils of barbed wire arrest your attention.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • "You can see the German barbed wire in front of their trenches," said Leon excitedly.
  • Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay
  • We hear all the Swiss border is to be protected by barbed wire.
  • Extract from : « 'My Beloved Poilus' » by Anonymous
  • This investigation resulted in the invention of barbed wire.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 » by Various
  • Barbed wire is more difficult to string but better when done.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • If barbed wire is used, the weight will be about 21/2 times as much.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • Barbed wire fence across the bottom of it,” I said, “and then a ditch.
  • Extract from : « A Padre in France » by George A. Birmingham
  • The American barbed wire had been cut in places to let the party through.
  • Extract from : « Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line » by Clarence Young
  • Among these were a spool of barbed wire and a dozen fence posts.
  • Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

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