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In natural English speech, "fence" appears in contexts such as: "report disturbing moroccan border guards round up and attack people trying to get over the fence violence and contempt in a situation with no solution for either side it's difficult to tell who is alive and". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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IPA/fɛns/

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report disturbing moroccan border guards round up and attack people trying to get over the

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violence and contempt in a situation with no solution for either side it's difficult to tell who is alive and

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noun

A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.

“There was a weak place in the fence separating the two inclosures”

noun

Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

“The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.”

Synonyms:fencer

verb

To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

“[…] pray you, if you know, Where in the purlieus of this forest stands A sheep-cote fenc’d about with olive trees?”

verb

To defend or guard.

“Cosin, our hands I hope shall fence our heads, And strike off his that makes you threaten vs.”

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