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snare

verb as in catch, trap

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He just pats his snare a few times, as if he’s patting us on the back, bringing us into the music with him.

Fluttering in the twilight like a lunch lady’s hairnet gone to war, the mesh would be a snare for O’Keefe’s quarry.

In 2019, a global network of telescopes revealed a mass warping spacetime with such fervor that nothing, not even light, could escape its snare.

Weighing in at a petite two pounds, this portable bluetooth speaker comes with extra-bass and live-sound modes, which you can tap it to emulate different sounds, like a snare or a kick drum.

For customers whose accounts often hover near zero, that convenience is just another snare in a financial trap, said Rebecca Borné, a CRL lawyer who worked on the study.

Still more keys engage an array of other sounds, from snare drums and cymbals to awooga horns and sirens.

Meant to capture fish by the gills (hence the name), they snare anything from sea turtles to dolphins.

After police confronted Dilello with the wiretaps, she agreed to wear a wire to snare Hagiwara and admit her role in the plot.

Should Mr. Greenberg snare a major settlement without A.I.G., the company could face additional lawsuits from other shareholders.

It has snared, or threatens to snare, millions of taxpayers in the middle class and above.

Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.

And treaties, of whatever kind with the enemies of God, that are condemned, are to be shunned as a snare to the soul.

It was when she found a reindeer caught in the vines that she took the first step in making a snare.

This granted, how can we know whether God wants to instruct us or to lay a snare for us?

Looking back, he saw that his fear of the world had been nothing to his fear of women, of the half-spiritual, half-sensual snare.

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On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to snare, such as: allurement, bait, catch, come on, deception, and decoy.

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

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