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			| 1.
								an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect 2.
								the pointed part of barbed wire
 3.
								a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
 4.
								one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
 
 'barb' - used as a verb
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								provide with barbs
 barbed wire
 barbed wire
 
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			| 1. Barb / Plural barbs
 2. Barb / Past
 barbed
 3. Barb / Third Person
 barbs
 4. Barb / Present Participle
 barbing
 
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