razor wire
noun
: coiled wire fitted with sharp razor edges and used as an obstacle or barrier
also : concertina wire
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The camp was surrounded by a wall of Hesco bastions—large bags filled with sand—stacked two levels high and topped with razor wire. 
Fred Bahnson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 An inner fence will still surround the Capitol grounds on all sides, but the razor wire will be removed from the top, and streets surrounding the Capitol will be reopened to traffic. Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2021 Two rows of razor wire and a dirt road for patrols on the U.S. side of the border contrasted with a paved walkway with streetlights over Calle Internacional on the Mexican side. Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022 The official STA news agency reported that the army will first remove 51 kilometers (30 miles) of the razor wire while the remaining 143 kilometers (90 miles) of the fence will be taken down by a contractor that is yet to be selected. Darko Bandic, ajc, 15 July 2022 Texas will provide authorities in a Mexican border state with razor wire and training on how to deploy it in order to increase security at the U.S.-Mexican border, Texas officials told Fox News on Saturday. Bill Melugin, Fox News, 14 May 2022 Since 2021, Lithuania has been building an 11-foot-high steel fence, with 2-inch-thick razor wire, on its border with Belarus to prevent entry of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa. Tazreena Sajjad, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2022 But even with all the hateful rhetoric and razor wire, Alithia Haven Ramírez nurtured a little-girl dream of attending art school in Paris. Palabra, al, 7 June 2022 While waiting for the wall to be completed, the agency has strung razor wire across the border, plowed new roads and purchased tear gas canisters. Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022 See More
Fred Bahnson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 An inner fence will still surround the Capitol grounds on all sides, but the razor wire will be removed from the top, and streets surrounding the Capitol will be reopened to traffic. Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2021 Two rows of razor wire and a dirt road for patrols on the U.S. side of the border contrasted with a paved walkway with streetlights over Calle Internacional on the Mexican side. Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022 The official STA news agency reported that the army will first remove 51 kilometers (30 miles) of the razor wire while the remaining 143 kilometers (90 miles) of the fence will be taken down by a contractor that is yet to be selected. Darko Bandic, ajc, 15 July 2022 Texas will provide authorities in a Mexican border state with razor wire and training on how to deploy it in order to increase security at the U.S.-Mexican border, Texas officials told Fox News on Saturday. Bill Melugin, Fox News, 14 May 2022 Since 2021, Lithuania has been building an 11-foot-high steel fence, with 2-inch-thick razor wire, on its border with Belarus to prevent entry of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa. Tazreena Sajjad, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2022 But even with all the hateful rhetoric and razor wire, Alithia Haven Ramírez nurtured a little-girl dream of attending art school in Paris. Palabra, al, 7 June 2022 While waiting for the wall to be completed, the agency has strung razor wire across the border, plowed new roads and purchased tear gas canisters. Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1973, in the meaning defined above