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Meanings of barbed wire in English
Russian
колючая проволока Portuguese
barreira de arame farpado Spanish
cerco de puas Catalan
filferro d'arç 
Type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand(s)
Portuguese
arame farpado Catalan
filferro espinós Usage of barbed wire in English
1
I vote we try to get round outside Mr. Brown's barbed wire.
2
Through these gates and past the barbed wire filed the marching men.
3
A childcare centre stands there now, locked behind breezeblocks and barbed wire.
4
She pointed toward the line of trees along a barbed wire fence.
5
Police scuffled with protesters who tried to remove a barbed wire barricade.
6
Before the trenches are barbed wire entanglements and deep jagged shell craters.
7
They reached the barbed wire and were suddenly challenged by our sentry.
8
The faded sign on the fence topped with barbed wire says REZENDE.
9
Elnora indicated to Philip the trail with remnants of sagging barbed wire.
10
Just as we reached the centre we encountered a barbed wire entanglement.
11
The last are divided off from one another by barbed wire fences.
12
The military reservation was fenced off from our quarters by barbed wire.
13
The bloodlines in South Texas were as twisted as the barbed wire.
14
I tugged on a length of barbed wire buried in the sand.
15
At night, soldiers beside armoured vehicles man checkpoints with barbed wire barricades.
16
At night, soldiers beside armored vehicles man checkpoints with barbed wire barricades.
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Translations for barbed wire
Portuguese
Spanish
Barbed wire through the time
Barbed wire across language varieties
Canada
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common
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