Thesaurus results for BOOBY TRAP

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verb

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as in to attack

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

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booby trap

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noun

as in mine

a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed luckily, the bomb squad didn't find any booby traps

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as in hitch

a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized he noticed the booby trap in the interviewer's question just a little too late

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Just days before the attack, a popular sergeant had been blown apart by a booby trap that took another soldier’s arms and legs and blinded a third. —

Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024 The company sustained heavy losses in the early months of 1968, losing men to sniper fire, land mines and booby traps as the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched coordinated attacks in the Tet Offensive. —

Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024 Look, this movie is filled with giant culture war booby traps. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 May 2024 When two bumbling thieves (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) attempt to rob his home, Kevin begins an elaborately violent, slapstick battle of wits via booby traps involving a tarantula, paint buckets, and flamethrowers. —

Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for booby-trap

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