Definition of "barbwire" [barbwire]

• Barbed wire. (noun)

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• "We should put fence and barbwire around Washington DC and just call it a prison."
• "And for the office drone who scaled barbwire fences late at night to steal the excess fat of women and absorbed grueling punches in Fight Club."
• "Behind barbwire the pasture made a chain of starlit humps."