Something that's barbed is sharp or spiky. Barbed wire has very sharp points at intervals along its length, to keep animals or people in (or out of) a yard.
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
Adjective S.
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
Adjective S.
capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
imp. & p. p.
of Barb
a.
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
Barded ( which is the proper form.)
a.
Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed
wire.
Barbed
Barbed
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See
Furnished with a barb or barbs;
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Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.
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