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Definition of barbed
1 : having barbs
2 : characterized by pointed and biting criticism or sarcasm barbed witticisms
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Examples of barbed in a Sentence
The candidates exchanged barbed comments during the debate.
barbed satire on American academia
Recent Examples of barbed from the Web
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Conditions worsened, and the city erected barbed wire around the smallpox hospital to keep patients from leaving.
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The company notes on its website that windmills were a high-tech invention — along with barbed wire — in the late 19th century and hastened western expansion.
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Today, on the outskirts of town, peasants riding ox carts and dump trucks heading to Hpakant line up at candy-cane striped sawhorses wrapped in barbed wire.
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And losing a ball ... over the barbed wire fence ... over the highway ... into the trees.
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Over the past few weeks, our newsfeeds have been dominated by arch art, from barbed wire brows to dragon brows.
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Most of them have two drive shafts, one for the rear tire and one engageable sidecar drive that gives these mini tanks two-wheel drive—enabling them to roll over any number of trenches or land mines, and even barbed wire.
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Then there is the rendering Mr. Mallon created himself, a canvas depicting the outlines of Mr. Trump’s face, barbed wire, a border wall and a pile of ironic trophies.
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As most athletes build barbed wire around their private lives (or try to orchestrate them on social media), Garcia has laid himself bare.
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First Known Use of barbed
1611
BARBED Defined for English Language Learners
barbed
playDefinition of barbed for English Language Learners
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: having a sharp point that sticks out and backward from a larger point : having a barb
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: expressing criticism in an unkind and often clever way
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