Seeing the tripwire of a nearby bouncing Betty gave us cold chills, and we moved all the more slowly through the woods.
Source: wiktionary
Tripwire
Synonyms for "tripwire" (4 found)
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Translations
16 translations across 13 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 絆索 /绊索 noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
- 絆馬索 /绊马索 noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Danish
1 entries- snubletråd noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Dutch
2 entries- struikeldraad noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
- valstrik noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Finnish
1 entries- kompastuslanka noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
French
1 entries- fil de détente noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
German
1 entries- Stolperdraht noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Irish
1 entries- sreang thuisle noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Japanese
1 entries- トリップワイヤー noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atotampa noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Māori
1 entries- waea whakahīrau noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Russian
2 entries- про́волока взрыва́теля noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
- про́волочная нить-растя́жка noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Swedish
1 entries- snubbeltråd noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Welsh
1 entries- weiren faglu noun (a passive triggering mechanism)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
They watched the two ghost-hunters run own the corridor and go crashing over the trip-wire.
Source: wiktionary
Thirteen people were injured in August 1957 when this Bristol freighter skidded on the runway at Southend Airport when landing with a flight from Calais. It ploughed through the boundary fence, but thankfully stopped short of the railway and the 1,500V overhead wires. A tripwire was installed on this section of Shenfield-Southend line to warn train drivers of instances such as this.
Source: wiktionary
The continued presence of U.S. troops as a tripwire force in Macedonia is an increasingly risky venture.
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