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When there are no gas chambers, no barbed wire, and no concentration camps, many don't recognize the perpetration of new genocides and other targeted mass atrocity crimes because they may not look the same.
John Prendergast

Meaning of "barbed wire" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BARBED WIRE

barbed wire play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARBED WIRE

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Barbed wire is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BARBED WIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

barbed wire

Barbed wire

Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, less often bob wire or, in the southeastern United States, bobbed wire), is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand(s). It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property. It is also a major feature of the fortifications in trench warfare (as a wire obstacle). A person or animal trying to pass through or over barbed wire will suffer discomfort and possibly injury. Barbed wire fencing requires only fence posts, wire, and fixing devices such as staples. It is simple to construct and quick to erect, even by an unskilled person. The first patent in the United States for barbed wire was issued in 1867 to Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio, who is regarded as the inventor. Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, received a patent for the modern invention in 1874 after he made his own modifications to previous versions. Barbed wire was the first wire technology capable of restraining cattle. Wire fences were cheaper and easier to erect than their alternatives.

Definition of barbed wire in the English dictionary

The definition of barbed wire in the dictionary is strong wire with sharply pointed barbs at close intervals Also called : barbwire.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARBED WIRE

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barbecue
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barbecuer
barbecuing
barbed
barbed wire entanglements
barbed wire fence
barbed-wire grass
barbel
barbell
barbellate
barber
barber´s itch
barber´s pole
barber´s rash

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARBED WIRE

cheese wire
chicken wire
copper wire
dead wire
earth wire
fencing wire
fuse wire
get in under the wire
ground wire
high-tensile wire
high wire
live wire
number eight wire
razor wire
take it to the wire
telegraph wire
telephone wire
the wire
to the wire
trolley wire
wire

Synonyms and antonyms of barbed wire in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «barbed wire» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARBED WIRE

Find out the translation of barbed wire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of barbed wire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «barbed wire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铁丝网
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alambre de espino
570 millions of speakers

English

barbed wire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कांटेदार तार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سِلْك شَائِك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колючая проволока
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arame farpado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঁটা তারের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

barbelé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kawat berduri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stacheldraht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

有刺鉄線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철조망
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kawat barbed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dây thép gai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முட்கரண்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काटेरी तार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dikenli tel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filo spinato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drut kolczasty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колючий дріт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sârmă ghimpată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συρματόπλεγμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doringdraad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

taggtråd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piggtråd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of barbed wire

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARBED WIRE»

The term «barbed wire» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.082 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARBED WIRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about barbed wire

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6 QUOTES WITH «BARBED WIRE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word barbed wire.
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Foxy Brown
I devoted my career to building an affinity with my fans who have supported me unflinchingly and no barbed wire fence or prison wall will stop that.
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Phillip Noyce
A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia.
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Andrew O'Hagan
When I was growing up, my idea of a writer was someone like Sven Hassel, that mysterious Danish author who wrote thrillers about men clambering over walls and getting tangled in barbed wire.
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John Prendergast
When there are no gas chambers, no barbed wire, and no concentration camps, many don't recognize the perpetration of new genocides and other targeted mass atrocity crimes because they may not look the same.
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George Takei
I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people.
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George Takei
Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARBED WIRE»

Discover the use of barbed wire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barbed wire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity
Physical control over space was no longer symbolic after 1874. This is a history told from the perspective of its victims.
Reviel Netz, 2010
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Cultural Heritage and Prisoners of War: Creativity Behind ...
This is an essential book for all academics, heritage professionals, collectors and museum curators who seek to understand the range of objects which give testimony to the creativity of prisoners of war.
Gilly Carr, Harold Mytum, 2012
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Barbed Wire
With his brutal foreman, Archer Spann, assigned to the violent work, Rinehart wages a barbed wire war against Doug Monahan. And neither side takes prisoners!
Elmer Kelton, 2007
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Barbed-Wire Butterflies
Elani Benjamin had never imagined the level of fear and uncertainty that was now a demoralizing part of her everyday life.
Jessica Kristie, 2013
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Bastions and Barbed Wire
Various papers on the archaeology of conflict, including battlefield archaeology. The main focus of the volume is confinement, as expressed by a wide variety of contexts.
Tony Pollard, Iain Banks, 2008
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Life Behind Barbed Wire: The World War II Internment Memoirs ...
Yasutaro Soga's Life behind Barbed Wire (Tessaku seikatsu) is an exceptional firsthand account of the incarceration of a Hawai'i Japanese during World War II. On the evening of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Soga, the editor of a Japanese ...
Keiho Soga, 2008
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Behind Barbed Wire: The Imprisonment of Japanese Americans ...
Discusses the forced internment of Japanese Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor, their way of life there, and their eventual assimilation into society following the war.
Daniel S. Davis, 1982
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The Devil's Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire
It also has another history constructed through image and text in the arts, media and popular culture. This work critically examines these representations.
Alan Krell, 2002
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Barbed Wire and Roses
Based on true events, this is an unforgettable novel of courage and survival from a master storyteller.
Peter Yeldham, 2007
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A Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Famously controversial, the 1970s TV adaptation of A Bouquet of Barbed Wire was watched by 26 million people.
Andrea Newman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARBED WIRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term barbed wire is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Nazi Weapons Cache Has Been Discovered in a German Man's …
NDR reported that the man's property is rather reclusive, located off a private road with a concrete wall and barbed wire protecting it from beach ... «io9, Jul 15»
2
Leonard Pitts Jr.: The Girl Scouts' inspiring example of moral courage
When has the marginalized group ever sat contentedly behind barbed wire without demanding, and fighting for, change? When have the ... «Boulder Daily Camera, Jul 15»
3
Judy Putnam: Family searching for 1,000 pound horse
After three hundred fliers and an alarm to Amy's large horse network, the only clue is hair found on some barbed wire. On Saturday, a famer on ... «Lansing State Journal, Jul 15»
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Oakland Joins the World's Biggest Pot Shop to Battle the Feds …
In fact, its neighborhood has seen a significant reduction in crime since its opening, it has no weapons or barbed wire on the premises, it is ... «Reason, Jul 15»
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'I don't know how to express my gratitude': Sister of murder-suicide …
"She had a heart of gold encased in barbed wire," Fry said. A viewing and funeral services for Williams are scheduled for Monday night at ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
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Google apologises for putting Nazi camps in mobile game Ingress …
Carnations are placed on the barbed wire in the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. Reportedly Google had approved ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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APA - Ultimatum Put Forward by Armenian Protesters Expires
The entire street in downtown Yerevan is lined with paddy wagons, armored vehicles, water cannons and barbed wire fence stretchers. «APA, Jul 15»
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Secret weapon set to sniff out signs of coastal emus | Clarence …
She has already proven her ability, having responded to the scent of fresh emu feathers caught on a barbed wire fence during a training day ... «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jul 15»
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Forest Service national fire suppression costs could reach $1.6 …
NOTE: Reprinted from The Barbed Wire, a publication of the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC). The RCRC is a 34 member ... «Sierra Star, Jul 15»
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Cowboy 5K aims to lasso new visitors to Washington County Fair …
No fire or barbed wire. "If you are a Warrior and you eat fire for breakfast, this isn't your kind of race," Ray said. A "City Slicker Exit" option will be ... «Blair Enterprise Publishing, Jul 15»

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