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deadfall

[ded-fawl] / ˈdɛdˌfɔl /
NOUN
booby trap
Synonyms
STRONGEST
land mine
WEAK
ambush baited trap decoy hidden danger mine mousetrap pitfall setup snare trap trip wire
NOUN
clip joint
Synonyms
WEAK
brace house bust-out joint flat joint flat store gambling house juice joint low den nick joint snap house sneak joint steer joint wire joint wolf trap
NOUN
pitfall
Synonyms
STRONGEST
danger difficulty drawback peril risk snag
STRONG
catch downfall entanglement hook mesh mousetrap pit quicksand setup snare swindle toil web
WEAK
booby trap
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advantage safety security
WEAK
blessing good luck

Example Sentences

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Two hours drive away, we reach the Deadfall Hills.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

Deadfall is a particularly thorny problem, and the club’s latter-day lumberjacks head out with chain saws in tow to remove trees upward of 4 feet in diameter.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

Deadfall suggests that the cat-burglar genre may have only 998 lives.

From Time Magazine Archive

This last act has left the old man utterly alone; yet he is seen even more frequently than before at the "Deadfall."

From Shadows of Shasta by Miller, Joaquin