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PRONUNCIATION OF WIRE ENTANGLEMENT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIRE ENTANGLEMENT

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Wire entanglement is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WIRE ENTANGLEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wire obstacle

In the military science of fortification, wire obstacles are defensive obstacles made from barbed wire, barbed tape or concertina wire. They are designed to disrupt, delay and generally slow down an attacking enemy. During the time that the attackers are slowed down by the wire obstacle they are easy to target with machinegun and artillery fire. Depending on the requirements and available resources, wire obstacles may range from a simple barbed wire fence in front of a defensive position, to elaborate patterns of fences, concertinas, "dragon's teeth" and minefields hundreds of metres thick. One example is "low wire entanglement", which consists of irregularly placed stakes that have been driven into the ground with only some 15 cm showing. The barbed wire is then wrapped and tightened on to these. An enemy combatant running through the barrier, which is difficult to see, is apt to trip and get caught.

Definition of wire entanglement in the English dictionary

The definition of wire entanglement in the dictionary is a barrier or obstruction of barbed wire used in warfare.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIRE ENTANGLEMENT

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wire recorder
wire recording
wire rope
wire service
wire wheel
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WORDS THAT END LIKE WIRE ENTANGLEMENT

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

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Translation of «wire entanglement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIRE ENTANGLEMENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

铁丝网
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alambradas
570 millions of speakers

English

wire entanglement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तार उलझाव
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سلك التورط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проволочное заграждение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

emaranhado de arame
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তারার বিরলতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fil enchevêtrement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekeliruan wayar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drahtverhau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鉄条網
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철조망
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Entanglement kawat
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

dây rối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கம்பி தொந்தரவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वायर अडंगलेमेंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tel dolaşımı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filo di entanglement
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

splątanie przewód
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дротове загородження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rețea de sârmă ghimpată sârmă
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

εμπλοκή σύρμα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

draad verstrengeling
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tråd hoptrassling
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

ledningen forviklinger
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIRE ENTANGLEMENT»

The term «wire entanglement» is used very little and occupies the 183.954 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WIRE ENTANGLEMENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIRE ENTANGLEMENT»

Discover the use of wire entanglement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wire entanglement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Science
As wires are often charged with electricity the long-pole wire-destroyer offers its operator some degree of safety. Italian troopers erecting a barbed wire entanglement along the Piave. Wire stretchers are used very much like those with which ...
2
Physical Security Standard for Construction of Sensitive ...
Perimeter Barriers: A permanent SCIF shall have dual fence or wire entanglement barriers constructed no less than 50 feet and no more than 300 feet from the facility walls. a. The distance between the outer and inner barriers shall be such ...
DIANE Publishing Company, 1994
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Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity
Brackenbury does make the addition, however, of “wire entanglements,” about which he makes the following remarkable note: “the best of all obstacles is the wire entanglement, which can be used everywhere when wire is procurable.
Reviel Netz, 2010
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US World War II and Korean War Field Fortifications 1941-53
INDICATES ORDER OF ERECTING WIRE ^INDICATES DIRECTION OF EJECTING WIRE The high-wire entanglement comprised two parallel cattle fences with a zigzag pattern of wire strung between them. Any of these entanglements could ...
Gordon L Rottman, 2011
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Popular Science
When slipped under a wire entanglement and exploded by a fuse, it throws steel fragments that cut the wire on the detonating cord like a necklace 20 feet long. This in turn is inserted in a long iron pipe. The bangalore torpedo is used to open  ...
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Handbook on Japanese Military Forces
Figure 126. A barbed-wire entanglement. Figure 135. Japanese dejenses at Buna. Figure 137. Japanese defenses. 1 OCT 44 8. DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS, a. General. (1) Japanese defense positions, both inland and coastal, generally ...
‎1944
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The Folk and the Education of Private Ambrose
The combat engineer was supposed to wriggle up to the enemy's barbed wire entanglement carrying as many sections of pipe as he could, then pound a stake into the ground, tie a rope to the back end of one of the sections and around the ...
Roy Richardson, 2003
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God Isn't Here: A Young Man's Entry Into World War II and ...
On the far side I saw a barbed wire entanglement that had been constructed by the Japanese as a defensive measure facing the western beach. I lay there wondering how I was to continue on with that obstacle facing me when Sgt. Goodling ...
Richard E. Overton, 2007
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Chinese Military Dictionary, Chinese-English, English-Chinese
t'ieh3-ssu 1 wire. t'ieh3-ssu 1-chien3 wire cutter. t'ieh3-ssu 1-wang3 wire entanglement. t'ieh3-tao4 railroad. t'ieh3-tao4 ch'uang2 ballast (RR). t'ieh3-tao4 p 'ao4 railway gun. t'ieh3-tao4 p'ao4-ping1 railway artillery t'ieh3-tao4 yiin4-shu1 ssu ...
United States. War Department, 1944
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American Civil War Fortifications (2): Land and Field ...
Wire entanglement appears to have been used quite extensively by the Federal army during the siege of Knoxville in November 1863. Stretched from one tree stump to another, it delayed the attack on Fort Sanders and contributed to ...
Ron Field, 2013

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