booby traps
Concealed danger mechanisms
Booby traps are concealed devices designed to harm, kill, or surprise someone who triggers them unknowingly.
In warfare, they might be explosive; in pranks, they're harmless setups like a bucket balanced on a door.
The term extends to any hidden danger or deceptive situation: The contract was full of booby traps.
- detonatorExplosive initiation device
- landmineBuried pressure-activated explosive
- tripwireConcealed activation cord
- trip wireConcealed activating filament
- pressure plateWeight-activated switch mechanism
rigged to blow · spring loaded · trapdoors · snares · explosive · deadfall · unexploded ordnance · hidden · hidden danger · trigger · pitfalls · camouflage · misdirection · decoys · ambush · surprise attack · sabotage · escape rooms
- weaponsknife, gun, sword, swords, rifle
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- jungle warfareguerrilla tactics, dense foliage, jungle boots, machete, infiltration
- Arms Treatiesdisarmament, arms limitation, arms reduction, weapons ban, weapon bans
- military engineeringengineers, combat engineer, combat engineers, sappers, sapper
- river warfareriver patrol, patrol boats, gunboats, PBR, brown water navy
booby trapsdirect attack
Offensive without concealment
frontal assault · pitched battle · declared war · mano a mano · duel
booby trapscare packages
Parcels of essentials sent
welcome gifts · hidden treasures · Easter eggs · goodie bags · supply drops
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