barbed

barbed criticism; barbed statements.

a fair degree of barbed wit.

the barbed tip of a harpoon.

The barbed wire had lacerated her arm.

plots of land demarcated by barbed wire.

It has a Barbed Strangler and can drop Sporemines.

His land is fenced with barbed wire.

We savored the barbed hits in his reply.

the barbed wire fence was strained to posts six feet high.

fishgig A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish.

At dawn we broke through the barbed wire entanglements under the city wall.

His words were barbed but they were the barbs of truth.

This was completely surrounded by barbed wire, and fencing, and towers, and guards.

That's all barbed wire around there.

Back then, the movie drew acclaim for its imaginative storyline and barbed commentary.

Now they surround the area with barbed wire.

It burns in the middle of metal barbed wire.

The spines also discourage predators who would think twice before swallowing a piece of barbed wire.

These barbed structures, known as nematocysts, are released on contact.

Thousands of Syrians and hundreds of Israelis died amid the barbed wire.

There's no barbed wire, lots of greenery, and striking contemporary art.