Thesaurus results for BOOBY-TRAPPED

booby-trapped

verb

Definition of booby-trapped next

past tense of booby-trap

as in mined

to place hidden explosive devices in or under booby-trapped the field bordering the army's camp

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Recent Examples of booby-trapped So what is a modernist like Mayer, who made such cool craft of ancient stuff 20 years ago with Spring Awakening, to do with something as hokey and booby-trapped as Chess? —

Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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Sure, there is value to be mined in non-premium positions, but relying on rookies to plug a half-dozen holes — in an effort to build a championship roster — is preposterous.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Ripe with archival deep cuts, creative director Gherardo Felloni mined styles from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s for this lineup of covetable new designs that had even the most jaded of stylists, editors, and celebrities oohing and aahing.

— Vogue, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026