verb
past tense of barb, which means to provide with a barb or barbs
adjective
having sharp points or edges that can pierce or cut
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The barbed wire fence was installed to keep intruders out.
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Be careful around that barbed wire, it's sharp!
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I got a nasty cut from that barbed fence.
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Her words were like barbed arrows, piercing through his defenses.