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1. n. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect n. the pointed part of barbed wire n. a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove Source: ecdict

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point aggressive arrowhead barbed directed effect facing hard intended like main missile opposite part person pointed remark remove spear subsidiary telling wire

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barbiton barbitone

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