trip wire
Example Sentences
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So Mr. Holden jury-rigged a food-laden steel trap with a trip wire dangling from his second-story apartment.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Partridge had decided to continue fighting even after he was wounded by shrapnel from a trip wire this summer.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
Alan Morgan, who pulled the explosive from the water, said he thought it was live as it had a trip wire and pin.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2022
The troops serve as a "trip wire" for NATO's 40,000-strong response force to come in quickly and bring more U.S. troops and weapons from across the Atlantic.
From Reuters ● Jan. 18, 2022
She pulled Leo down a side corridor, leaped over a trip wire, then stumbled to a halt in front of a pit twenty feet across.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
