trip wires

plural of trip wire

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trip wires
Noun
  • There are different ways to demine territory, from using dogs to sniff out land mines to sappers—combat engineers focusing on clearing mines—manually working their way through an area, or operators remotely controlling large demining machines.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The ninth inning revealed other land mines.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Specialized teams were called to the scene to defuse booby traps in the residential building, city police said.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Specialized teams were called to the scene to defuse booby traps in the building, police said.
    , FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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