Reference meaning
Berlin Wall
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A wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.
Other meanings
2. noun
Any barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border, e.g. the one proposed to keep people from crossing from Mexico into the United States.
3. noun
The Berlin Defence.
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