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Definition of booby trap in English: booby trapnounˈbuːbi trapˈbubi ˌtræp 1An apparently harmless object containing a concealed explosive device designed to detonate when someone touches it. Example sentencesExamples - Instead, the Marines were leaving a promotion ceremony when one of them apparently triggered a booby trap, causing the explosion.
- Late last year, terrorists placed a booby trap bomb underneath his car outside his home on the outskirts of north Belfast.
- He was killed together with two young boys by an IRA booby trap on the pleasure craft he maintained in Ireland.
- Recovery of the booby trap bombs comes after a summer of high activity by local dissident groups.
- Yesterday's discovery of 10 guns, two pipe bombs, a booby trap device and hundreds of rounds of ammunition had almost certainly saved more lives.
- One tree trunk mould might conceal radio equipment but another shaped like a piece of camel dung hid a booby trap that could blow the tyre off a truck.
- The perils include projectiles, grenades, land mines, rockets and booby traps.
- The bomb had a booby trap trigger sequence - once the case was opened it would begin a countdown to explode in only twenty four hours.
- Troops began searching the compound and found the weapons haul - and a deadly booby trap.
- A booby trap bomb was found outside the store in the centre of Skipton.
- It does not matter if you use a bomb or a booby trap; as long as you target a particular person, it's assassination.
- He finds a grenade left behind by the soldiers and sets up a booby trap for them in his father's outdoor tent.
- When I asked them what was going on, they told me they had four casualties from that booby trap, and two were dead and two were wounded.
- Officers seized a number of pipe bombs, a booby trap device, a handgun and ammunition and a quantity of bomb-making equipment.
- The employment of several other weapons (primarily land mines, booby traps, and incendiary devices) is also restricted where civilians are concerned.
- When I asked why, he explained that the wire was a typical trigger for an Improvised Explosive Device, better known as a booby trap.
- Police were turning us all back and there was talk of maybe a booby trap bomb at which point I decided to try and get a taxi the 5km back to my hotel.
- The robotic vehicle, Cyclops, is a coup for the diving teams, giving them the ability to remotely attack and defeat an explosive device or booby trap.
- Land mines and booby traps are a constant threat.
- Larkin said they believe one of the bombs was a booby trap to protect a drug-producing operation and was built to be detonated from a remote location.
- 1.1 A trap intended as a practical joke, especially one involving an object placed on top of a door ajar ready to fall on a person passing through.
Example sentencesExamples - Occasionally they would sneak down in the middle of the night to play some prank on the Vandals, like steal their flag or set up a booby trap outside the door.
verbˈbuːbi trapˈbubi ˌtræp [with object]Place a booby trap in or on (an object or area) using the two remaining grenades he booby-trapped the radio Example sentencesExamples - I begin to wonder if the trail might be booby-trapped.
- They have booby-trapped the entrances to allies.
- After a thorough search of his house, we also found light weapons and pistols, and eight booby-trapped suitcases, a large group of passports, and codes.
- Martin, who wept as he gave evidence, denied having booby-trapped the house or having lain in wait for the burglars.
- Lewisham Council says it found one tower-block rooftop booby-trapped by pirates ‘putting a 240V electrical supply on the locks’.
- Private citizens can't mine their backyards or booby-trap their front doors.
- They've been booby-trapping it, laying homemade bombs.
- Meth dealers, manufacturers and users are notorious for booby-trapping their stashes.
- Some stations, he says, booby-trap transmitters with CS spray to keep them from being stolen, and one has kept pit bulls on a tower-block roof in Hackney.
- So it wasn't any contact with civilians, on the contrary, with diehard terrorists who were booby-trapping every corner, every alley, every door.
- When she'd tried to booby trap her house from him months ago, he always got through her tricks.
- My room is practically booby-trapped with clothes, but having a bird around might be alright.
- There, everything from buildings to dead bodies to cars to entire streets were booby-trapped.
- It could have been booby-trapped with explosives.
- During the last few classes of the week I began formulating plans of how to booby trap certain rooms for those who wished to take the party a step further.
- When US guards went to inspect the damage outside the embassy the following morning, they discovered the area was booby-trapped with several more bombs.
- The fighting will be ferocious and unyielding, the casualties enormous, the narrow alleyways are already booby-trapped.
- One feels the movement should have been booby-trapped by its own pioneers in order to repel the historians of the future.
- No urban terrorist group has poisoned our water courses or booby-trapped our footpaths.
- The official said the apartment was booby-trapped with explosives.
Definition of booby trap in US English: booby trapnounˈbo͞obē ˌtrapˈbubi ˌtræp 1An apparently harmless object containing a concealed explosive device designed to kill or injure anyone who touches it. miles of mines, booby traps, and underground fortifications Example sentencesExamples - A booby trap bomb was found outside the store in the centre of Skipton.
- Instead, the Marines were leaving a promotion ceremony when one of them apparently triggered a booby trap, causing the explosion.
- He finds a grenade left behind by the soldiers and sets up a booby trap for them in his father's outdoor tent.
- He was killed together with two young boys by an IRA booby trap on the pleasure craft he maintained in Ireland.
- One tree trunk mould might conceal radio equipment but another shaped like a piece of camel dung hid a booby trap that could blow the tyre off a truck.
- Police were turning us all back and there was talk of maybe a booby trap bomb at which point I decided to try and get a taxi the 5km back to my hotel.
- The employment of several other weapons (primarily land mines, booby traps, and incendiary devices) is also restricted where civilians are concerned.
- The robotic vehicle, Cyclops, is a coup for the diving teams, giving them the ability to remotely attack and defeat an explosive device or booby trap.
- Troops began searching the compound and found the weapons haul - and a deadly booby trap.
- Late last year, terrorists placed a booby trap bomb underneath his car outside his home on the outskirts of north Belfast.
- The bomb had a booby trap trigger sequence - once the case was opened it would begin a countdown to explode in only twenty four hours.
- When I asked why, he explained that the wire was a typical trigger for an Improvised Explosive Device, better known as a booby trap.
- Land mines and booby traps are a constant threat.
- The perils include projectiles, grenades, land mines, rockets and booby traps.
- Officers seized a number of pipe bombs, a booby trap device, a handgun and ammunition and a quantity of bomb-making equipment.
- When I asked them what was going on, they told me they had four casualties from that booby trap, and two were dead and two were wounded.
- Yesterday's discovery of 10 guns, two pipe bombs, a booby trap device and hundreds of rounds of ammunition had almost certainly saved more lives.
- It does not matter if you use a bomb or a booby trap; as long as you target a particular person, it's assassination.
- Recovery of the booby trap bombs comes after a summer of high activity by local dissident groups.
- Larkin said they believe one of the bombs was a booby trap to protect a drug-producing operation and was built to be detonated from a remote location.
- 1.1 A trap intended as a practical joke, such as an object placed on top of a door ajar ready to fall on the next person to pass through.
Example sentencesExamples - Occasionally they would sneak down in the middle of the night to play some prank on the Vandals, like steal their flag or set up a booby trap outside the door.
verbˈbo͞obē ˌtrapˈbubi ˌtræp [with object]Place a booby trap in or on (an object or area) using the two remaining grenades he booby-trapped the radio Example sentencesExamples - After a thorough search of his house, we also found light weapons and pistols, and eight booby-trapped suitcases, a large group of passports, and codes.
- No urban terrorist group has poisoned our water courses or booby-trapped our footpaths.
- They've been booby-trapping it, laying homemade bombs.
- Private citizens can't mine their backyards or booby-trap their front doors.
- The fighting will be ferocious and unyielding, the casualties enormous, the narrow alleyways are already booby-trapped.
- The official said the apartment was booby-trapped with explosives.
- Martin, who wept as he gave evidence, denied having booby-trapped the house or having lain in wait for the burglars.
- One feels the movement should have been booby-trapped by its own pioneers in order to repel the historians of the future.
- During the last few classes of the week I began formulating plans of how to booby trap certain rooms for those who wished to take the party a step further.
- Meth dealers, manufacturers and users are notorious for booby-trapping their stashes.
- I begin to wonder if the trail might be booby-trapped.
- It could have been booby-trapped with explosives.
- They have booby-trapped the entrances to allies.
- When US guards went to inspect the damage outside the embassy the following morning, they discovered the area was booby-trapped with several more bombs.
- So it wasn't any contact with civilians, on the contrary, with diehard terrorists who were booby-trapping every corner, every alley, every door.
- Lewisham Council says it found one tower-block rooftop booby-trapped by pirates ‘putting a 240V electrical supply on the locks’.
- When she'd tried to booby trap her house from him months ago, he always got through her tricks.
- There, everything from buildings to dead bodies to cars to entire streets were booby-trapped.
- My room is practically booby-trapped with clothes, but having a bird around might be alright.
- Some stations, he says, booby-trap transmitters with CS spray to keep them from being stolen, and one has kept pit bulls on a tower-block roof in Hackney.
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