trip wires

noun

plural of trip wire
as in land mines

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  1. land mines
  2. booby traps
Noun
  • The situation in Oleshky is desperate, with food and medical supplies running perilously low for the up to 2,000 people still there, as drones and land mines restrict movement.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • His Minderoo Foundation—named for the cattle ranch of his childhood—has since given about $28 million to Ukraine’s schools and agricultural projects, and to clearing land mines.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of land mines
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  • Four years later, Kaczynski started adding booby traps around his cabin, and throughout the 1980s, he was accused by his neighbors of poisoning their dogs, The New York Times reported in 1999.
    — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The booby traps continue with an overhead pendulum ax that swings into an unlucky archaeologist.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of booby traps
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“Trip wires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip%20wires. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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