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barb

noun as in point

noun as in pointed comment

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Since their split, the exes have traded barbs through social media and their music.

With the late Dame Maggie Smith no longer delivering her usual barbs, Simon Russell Beale has stepped in to represent the traditionalist ways of thinking.

He said they had left behind "barbed wire, barred windows and constant fear".

From BBC

We emerge into a clearing where a 12ft high border fence appears, topped with barbed wire, equipped with sensors and cameras to detect illegal crossings.

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Mr Tardy captured a brown‑throated three‑toed sloth clinging to a barbed wire post after crossing a road.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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