barbed wire
Example Sentences
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The O’Smach building in which they were held was surrounded by high corrugated iron walls topped with barbed wire.
Screwworms pose a serious threat to farm animals, especially those with common injuries from barbed wire, birthing, or procedures such as dehorning.
From Science Daily
The border itself is now marked by a tall metal fence, with a coil of vicious-looking barbed wire on top and more beyond.
From BBC
The Wall Street Journal has no way of verifying the stories of foreign fighters held here behind layers of barbed wire and high walls.
Meanwhile, Cambodia alleged that Thai soldiers initiated the conflict at around 06:30, when they violated a prior agreement by advancing on a Khmer-Hindu temple near the border and placing barbed wire around its base.
From BBC
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