entrap

Example Sentences

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Chip makers use it as a carrier gas to entrap and transport certain chemicals, transfer energy to chemical reactants and cool silicon wafers during production.

From MarketWatch

Occultists have learned that by deploying sound vibrations they can summon angels from the cosmic ether and entrap them on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal

They added: "The only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein's frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame."

From BBC

The document outlines the myriad ways the country’s security agents would try to surveil, entrap, compromise and recruit American visitors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Worried about being entrapped, Cox’s friend went back to their hotel.

From Literature