booby trap
Example Sentences
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She designed shift dresses and pinafores, released soft bras that she dubbed “booby traps,” and helped popularize brightly colored tights, releasing the garment in exotic yellows, blues and reds instead of just the traditional black.
From Washington Post
The team, operating outside Lyman, which was liberated from Russian forces last fall, found one booby trap with a trick to fool de-mining teams, a common occurrence.
From New York Times
The Russian military has a vast arsenal of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, with colorful nicknames like the Black Widow and the Leaf, some specifically designed to complicate demining with booby traps.
From New York Times
On 4 August, booby trap bomb was found under a soldier's car in Bangor.
From BBC
These include “victim-activated booby traps,” in which an explosive device is connected to a corpse and detonates when the body is moved.
From Washington Post
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