traps
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of traps
C19: probably shortened from trappings
Example Sentences
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“I will not be setting a single toe in any one of those harebrained death traps,” Zara says.
From Literature
This time last year, surveillance traps had single-digit counts of black flies.
From Los Angeles Times
It would require combat troops to secure perimeters, engineers with excavating equipment to search through debris and check for mines and booby traps, and special-operations forces with expertise in handling nuclear material.
A version with 486 ports could hold up to ten billion charges at once, which is about a thousand times more than conventional ion traps.
From Science Daily
Teams searching for an escaped capybara say they are closing in on her location, with humane traps now being used as part of efforts to bring her home.
From BBC
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