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barbed wire
alambre de púas
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barbed adjective

unfavorite favorite play sound
con puas; mordaz

Example sentences of
barbed adjective

  • •The candidates exchanged barbed comments during the debate.
  • •barbed satire on American academia
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Synonyms of
barbed adjective

biting

wire noun

unfavorite favorite play sound
wires
alambre; cable (eléctrico o telefónico); telegrama, cable

Example sentences of
wire noun

  • •The flowers were bound together with thin wire.
  • •There was a wire sticking out of the chair.
  • •A telephone wire had fallen on the road during the storm.
  • •A short black wire connects the computer's monitor to its keyboard.
  • •The undercover officer wore a wire to her meeting with the drug dealer.
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Synonyms of
wire noun

cablegram, telegram