Related Words for barbed wire

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wire
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Noun
concertina wire
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Phrase, Noun
concertina
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Noun
razor wire
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Phrase, Noun
chicken wire
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Phrase, Noun
wire netting
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Phrase, Noun
gauze
/
Noun
braid
/
Noun
strand
/
Noun
wire rope
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Phrase, Noun
haywire
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Noun
staple
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Noun
twine
/
Noun
rope
/
Noun
cable
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Noun
griff
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Name
wattle
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Noun
mesh
/
Noun
paling
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Noun
weaver
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Noun
string
/
Noun
line
/
Noun
dropper
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Noun
steel
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Noun
filament
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Noun
strap
/
Noun
whipping
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Verb
sprig
/
Noun
snare
/
Noun
yarn
/
Noun
riddle
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Noun
cord
/
Noun
band
/
Noun
thread
/
Noun
tangle
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Noun
hank
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Name
chain mail
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Phrase, Noun
hairline
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Noun
bullion
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Noun
gang
/
Noun
lace
/
Noun
pigtail
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Noun
batten
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Noun
ribbon
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Noun
bobbin
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Noun
welt
/
Noun
winding
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Verb
plait
/
Noun
spaghetti
x/x
Noun
ligature
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Noun
cleat
/
Noun
torque
/
Noun
hackle
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Noun
weave
/
Noun
netting
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Noun
gimp
/
Noun
tightrope
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Noun
wreath
/
Noun
lanyard
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Noun
fescue
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Noun
whisk
/
Noun
lash
/
Noun
monofilament
/x/xx
Noun
coil
/
Noun
card
/
Noun
belt
/
Noun
sliver
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Noun
twill
/
Noun
hairpin
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Noun
webbing
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Noun
kink
/
Noun
tier
/
Adjective
flex
/
Noun
harness
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Noun
fibre
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Noun
armed
/
Adjective
baling wire
/x/x
Phrase, Adjective
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
barb
/
Noun, Verb
bent
/
Noun, Adjective
biting
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Adjective, Noun
blunt
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
bolt
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
braces
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Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
bristled
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Adjective
bristly
/x
Adjective
bug
/
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
capacitive
x/xx
Adjective
casing
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Noun
chord
/
Noun, Verb
circuit
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Noun, Verb
coaxial
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Adjective, Noun
cocaine
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Noun
commutation
xx/x
Noun
complicated
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Adjective
contentious
x/x
Adjective
copper
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
corps
/
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
critical
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Adjective, Noun
cut
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
dart
/
Noun, Verb
decorated
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Adjective
delicate
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Adjective, Noun
difficult
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Adjective, Verb
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
dowel
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Noun, Verb
duct
/
Noun, Verb
duplex
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
electric
x/x
Adjective, Name
electrical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
electronic
xx/x
Adjective
fence
/
Noun, Verb
fiber
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Noun
fil
/
Noun
fire
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
flexible
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Adjective, Noun
floss
/
Noun, Verb
forked
/
Adjective
handle
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Verb, Noun
hanger
/x
Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hilo
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Name
hooked
/
Adjective
hoop
/
Noun, Verb
impedance
x/x
Noun
inductance
x/x
Noun
info
/x
Noun
install
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Verb, Noun
jewelry
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Noun, Verb
kid
/
Noun, Verb
knife
/
Noun, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
magnetic
x/x
Adjective
measuring
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Noun
metal
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
metallic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
mic
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
microphone
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Noun, Verb
mike
/
Name, Verb
money
/x
Noun, Adjective
needle
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Noun, Verb
news
/
Noun, Verb
nipping
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Noun
ohm
/
Noun
passage
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
perimeter
x/xx
Noun
phone
/
Noun, Verb
piano wire
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
pin
/
Noun, Verb
pipe
/
Noun, Verb
pivot
/x
Noun, Verb
plug
/
Noun, Verb
pointed
/x
Adjective
potentiometric
x/x/x
Adjective
prickly
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
prongs
/
Noun
pungent
/x
Adjective
radio
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Noun, Verb
rectifier
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Noun
recurved
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Adjective
roasting
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Noun, Adjective
rod
/
Noun, Verb
roller
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Noun, Verb
sarcastic
x/x
Adjective
send
/
Verb, Noun
serrated
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Adjective
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sharpened
/x
Adjective
shunt
/
Noun, Verb
son
/
Noun, Verb
spiny
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Noun, Adjective
stainless
/x
Adjective, Noun
stem
/
Noun, Verb
sticking
/x
Noun
stiff
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
switching
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Noun
sword
/
Noun, Verb
tap
/
Verb, Noun
telecommunications
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Noun
telegram
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Noun, Verb
telegraph
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Noun, Verb
telegraphic
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Adjective
telephone
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Noun, Verb
telephonic
xx/x
Adjective
terminal
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
thorny
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Adjective
tipped
/
Adjective
topical
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Adjective, Noun
track
/
Noun, Verb
trenchant
/x
Adjective
tricky
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Adjective
trip wire
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Phrase, Noun
wireless
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Noun, Adjective, Verb