Barbed wire
Barbed wire noun - Strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage.
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Chains and barbed wire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chains" instead a noun phrase "Barbed wire".
Chains
Chains noun - Metal shackles; for hands or legs.
Barbed wire and chains are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barbed wire" instead a noun "Chains".
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- Since the recent advent of power customization, you can have a hero with cloven hooves, horns, a demon's tail and wings, a skull head (and a costume consisting of skulls, chains and barbed wire) who fires off black energy blasts or carries black swords.
Source: Dark Is Not Evil / Video Games -
William's intern and secretary have nooses of barbed wire and are on a hinged platform supported by chains which William must hold in his hands.
Source: Film / Saw VI -
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society came up with this lovely ad back in 1994, depicting the effects of the disease on a woman as rusty chains, rope, and barbed wire suddenly wrap around various places on her body, complete with Scare Chord each time and solemn/ominous narration.
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Chains and Barbed wire. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/barbed_wire/chains
Barbed wire & Chains. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/barbed_wire/chains>.
Chains or Barbed wire. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/barbed_wire/chains.
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