deathtrap
/ˈdɛtˌtræp/
noun
- A place, vehicle, or situation that is very dangerous and likely to cause death or serious injury.
- Firefighters warned that the abandoned factory was a deathtrap with no exits.
- Driving on that icy mountain road in a car with bad brakes is a deathtrap.
- The old wooden roller coaster was a deathtrap waiting to collapse.
- A cleverly designed trap or device intended to kill someone.
- In the movie, the villain set a deathtrap in the secret vault.
- Ancient tombs were sometimes built with deathtraps to stop robbers.
- The spy barely escaped the laser deathtrap in the museum.
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