Synonyms for barbed wire
barbed wire

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1. barbed wirenoun

   Synonyms:
   barbwire

2. barbed wirenoun

   Twisted strands of steel wire, often coated with zinc, having barbs evenly spaced along them; used to construct agricultural and military fences.

   Synonyms:
   barbwire

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1. barbed wire, barbwirenoun

   strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage

   Synonyms:
   barbwire

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1. razor wire

   wire with short sharp hooks

   this family uses barbed wires.

   Submitted by yuanyouyang0827 on July 29, 2019  

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2. Donald Trump:

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3. Maria Lozbin:

   My husband had wanted to come back to his homeland all his life, he came back when it was all closed here, when it was prohibited to come here. He crossed through barbed wire.

4. Democratic State Assemblyman Albert Muratsuchi:

   I wanted to do something different and have California lead by example, while our nation's capital is hopelessly divided along party lines and President Trump is putting immigrant families and children in cages, the California Legislature with HR 77 will be issuing an official, bipartisan measure for its own actions taken that led to the incarceration of over 120,000 loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry behind barbed wire.

5. Hannah Pik-Goslar:

   I was shivering in darkness when I suddenly heard a voice; 'Lies, Lies where are you?' It was Anne, and I ran in the direction of the voice, and then I saw her beyond the barbed wire. She was in rags. I saw her emaciated, sunken face in the darkness. Her eyes were very large. We cried and cried, for now there was only the barbed wire between us, nothing more. And no longer any difference in our fates.