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In the new study, the scientists linked polyethylene glycol hydrogels together to form a molecular mesh, like a soccer net, that they said could entrap compounds like proteins and even entire viruses to prevent them from deforming or aggregating.

It’s 1916, and the members of an occult order have gathered on an English estate for a ritual that they hope will summon Death, so that they can entrap her in an orb and force her to do their bidding.

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It is estimated that over one million animals die each year after ingesting or being entrapped in litter.

At their behest, she worked to entrap Bond but later sacrificed her life in order to save his.

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The “Sunday Mirror” says it was in the ‘public interest’ to entrap a Conservative MP in an elaborate sex sting.

“The feds entrap all the damn time and cover it up one way or the other,” Strickler says.

The lady has come from England on purpose to entrap you; she came last night, and she stays at the Hotel du Louvre.

He tried, in various ways, to entrap the boy, but Frank made no blunders.

Suppose I should unconsciously entrap some magnificent Yankee!

He knows a hundred ingenious tricks to entrap the most obdurate.

He could never have suggested to his own wife that another man had endeavoured to entrap her into a secret correspondence.

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On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to entrap, such as: enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, implicate, and seduce.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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