razor wire

noun

: coiled wire fitted with sharp razor edges and used as an obstacle or barrier

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The Idaho Maximum Security Institution is a tan building located inside a double perimeter fence that is reinforced with razor wire and an electronic detection system. Caroline Blair, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025 Detainees at the North Florida center will be housed in existing dormitories surrounded by a 12-foot chain-link fence with razor wire, Guthrie said. Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025 Inmates held at Maxwell’s new facility have more programs available to them and the freedom to roam its grounds, which are surrounded by a small fence instead of walls or razor wire. Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025 The path for pedestrians follows State Route 186, past a pair of Jehovah’s Witnesses offering free Bible courses, along a twisting corridor of razor wire and chain-link fence, through passport control, and into Los Algodones. Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for razor wire

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of razor wire was in 1973

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“Razor wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/razor%20wire. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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