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Meanings of bob-wire in English

Russian
колючая проволока
Portuguese
barreira de arame farpado
Spanish
cerco de puas
Catalan
filferro d'arç
Wikidata

Type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand(s)

        колючая проволока
        Synonyms
        Examples for "barbed wire"
        Examples for "barbed wire"
        1
        I vote we try to get round outside Mr. Brown's barbed wire.
        Enchanted Glass
        2
        Through these gates and past the barbed wire filed the marching men.
        Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
        3
        A childcare centre stands there now, locked behind breezeblocks and barbed wire.
        The Guardian
        4
        She pointed toward the line of trees along a barbed wire fence.
        Darkness unleashed
        5
        Police scuffled with protesters who tried to remove a barbed wire barricade.
        Reuters
        1
        I vote we try to get round outside Mr. Brown's barbed wire.
        Enchanted Glass
        2
        Barbed wire scraped me outa the saddle in Wyoming-barbedwire and sheep.
        The Phantom Herd
        3
        A childcare centre stands there now, locked behind breezeblocks and barbed wire.
        The Guardian
        4
        She pointed toward the line of trees along a barbed wire fence.
        Darkness unleashed
        5
        Police scuffled with protesters who tried to remove a barbed wire barricade.
        Reuters