deadfall

Example Sentences

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Then, a video demonstrating an ancient deadfall trap received over a million views.

From New York Times

Very much to the film’s credit, it feels less like the calculated spectacle of “Army of the Dead” than the slow-motion deadfall of “The Road.”

From Los Angeles Times

And they are drawn to the same hidden place in woods near their homes: a large flat rock under a group of fallen trees called the “deadfall.”

From Washington Post

Nature offers bizarrely dangling deadfall, glistening bits of white novaculite, fruiting wild shrubs, tweety birds, critter holes.

From Washington Times

Because there are no trails, researchers often have to bushwhack for miles in search of nests, wading up knee-deep streams or descending knife-edge slopes spongy with deadfall and slippery with mud.

From New York Times