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barbed [bɑːbd] ADJ

2. barbed:

barbed

barbed wire N

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Around 100 prisoners were at any time taking part in construction work, much of this outside the barbed wire.
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When they are older, orphans usually come into care because of maternal death from power line electrocution or barbed wire entanglement.
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At various points along this railroad there were fortifications, at intervals of there were posts and at intervals of there was barbed wire.
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A group of them were imprisoned in camp surrounded by silver barbed wire and pressed into state service.
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The area, which includes a lake, is surrounded by barbed wire fences.
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The inmates remained static within the barbed wire perimeters.
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She has been tied to a cross with barbed wire, with her eyes ripped out, and her mouth stuffed with corn husks.
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Construction works continued throughout the war building bunkers, field fortifications, barbed wire fences and air defense sites.
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Barbed wire fences surrounded the school and fighting positions and shrapnel shelters were built from timber at the site of the camp.
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It is barbed and can be extended some distance out from the mouth of the snail, at the end of the proboscis.
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