tripwire

8 letters · noun · scores 2,200 in SpellHuntr

noun

A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or trap or a device, such as a land mine.

Tripwire in a sentence

Seeing the tripwire of a nearby bouncing Betty gave us cold chills, and we moved all the more slowly through the woods.

They watched the two ghost-hunters run own the corridor and go crashing over the trip-wire.

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