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Examples of death trap in a Sentence
That old elevator is a death trap.
The factory was a death trap with too few exits for the workers to use in case of a fire.
Recent Examples on the Web
How a ‘death trap’ for fish in California’s water system is limiting the pumping of supplies.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
Toward the end of the film, the club transforms into a death trap, with the director staging scenes that revel in the process of defeating enemies.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
Baldy’s accessibility, coupled with the catch-all crowds, has earned it the reputation of a death trap.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
Mary McNamara: In Malibu, the myth of the open road creates a bloody reality: PCH is a death trap.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
Eager to let their hair down following a year in which the annual festivities were squelched by Covid, the crowd, made up mostly of people in their 20s, instead walked into a death trap.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
With exits to Israel and Egypt shut and food, drinkable water, medicine and fuel running low, the operations have effectively turned the densely populated 140-square-mile strip into a death trap.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
As rescue workers brought the last of those trapped in the car to safety on Tuesday, relief that their lifeline had not become a death trap washed over the village.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
But too many Chinese brands cut corners in important areas like performance or, worse, safety, with the Jiangling Landwind in 2005 earning a reputation as a death trap.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1828, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near death trap
Cite this Entry
“Death trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20trap. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
death trap
noun
: an object or situation likely to cause death
that old elevator is a death trap
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