deadfall

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synonyms for deadfall

On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deadfall, such as: land mine, ambush, baited trap, decoy, hidden danger, and mine.

How to use deadfall in a sentence

  • After three or four days, I again went to the deadfall, wondering and imagining all kinds of things.

    Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
  • With some hard work and heavy lifting I got another good deadfall built that day.

    Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
  • The carcass of the bear was, of course, a complete loss, and that is a serious objection to the deadfall as a bear trap.

    Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
  • When the mink will not take bait readily, then of course the deadfall does not make a successful mink trap.

    Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock

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