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noun

plural of mousetrap
as in snares

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mousetraps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mousetrap
as in traps

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mousetraps
  1. snares
  2. traps
  3. attacks
  4. nets
  5. captures
Noun
  • In the video, backed by champagne synths and hopscotching snares, a tuxedoed Jaeychino strolls the beach in Margiela sneakers, his jacket flapping in the wind as seafoam washes ashore.
    — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Further down the street, a troupe of drummers held court with a mix of snares and bass.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
Definition of snares
Verb
  • This heat dome traps the smoke from faraway wildfires close to the ground, resulting in hot, humid, hazy, and ultimately unpleasant conditions.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The heat dome — an atmospheric phenomenon that essentially traps hot air over a particular location — built in the West after the first heat wave of the summer began to bake the area last week.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of traps
Noun
  • Harbaugh had tense standoffs with legacy defenders Ed Reed, Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs and, during the 2012 season, held a sitdown with his players to address their vicious and personal attacks on his approach.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Israeli intelligence believes Iran moved part of its enriched uranium stockpile to Pickaxe Mountain after last June’s attacks, an Israeli source familiar with the matter told CNN.
    — Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of attacks
Verb
  • Schwarber’s plate discipline nets him some of those home runs, but that plate discipline is fairly irrelevant in an event where the pitcher is basically lobbing the ball and hoping for a dinger.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • Ismaïla Sarr nets a goal in the 56th minute.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026
Definition of nets
Noun
  • According to the band, GOTTA GET OUT captures a turning point after years of relentless touring and rising acclaim.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 10 July 2026
  • The footage from the print and its front-end leader resulted in 983 individual frame captures.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
Definition of captures
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