What is another word for barbs?

Pronunciation: [bˈɑːbz] (IPA)

Barbs are sharp, pointed projections that cause injury or pain. Synonyms for barbs include spikes, thorns, prongs, needles, and spines. These words are often used to describe natural features of plants or animals that have evolved as a defense mechanism against predators. Other synonyms for barbs include insults, jabs, digs, and snubs, which are verbal or emotional forms of attack. These words suggest a deliberate attempt to hurt or offend someone. Finally, barbs can also refer to the metal hooks on a fishing line or the metal projections on a wire fence. Synonyms for these kinds of barbs include hooks, barbules, barbed wire, and razor wire.

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Usage examples for Barbs

This special form of harpoon has barbs, which expand as soon as they have entered the body of the animal and he pulls upon the line, stopping at a certain angle, and rendering the withdrawal of the weapon impossible.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
For what his thousand hunters with their poisoned barbs and cruel traps could never do, with your kind heart you have accomplished, Peasant.
"The Green Forest Fairy Book"
Loretta Ellen Brady
Here, as they drew close, they came to a dead halt against a broad belt of wire uncut by our gun-fire, and hideously tangled in coils with sharp barbs.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs

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