death traps

Lethally dangerous places

Death traps are places or situations that pose extreme danger to life.

The term typically describes unsafe structures, vehicles, or environments where fatal accidents are likely: Those old tenement buildings were death traps, The car had faulty brakes—a real death trap.

The phrase emphasizes that danger isn't incidental but built into the thing itself.

Related

risky · hazardous · fire hazards · poison · poison darts · trap door · Indiana Jones · murder holes · treacherous · perilous · spikes · contraptions · tripwire · collapse · incendiary bombs · landmines · guillotine · unsafe

Opposites
safety

death trapssafe havens

Protected places from harm

sanctuaries · refuges · shelters · safe houses · havens

structural integrity

death trapsstructurally sound

Able to support loads

outcome

death trapslifesavers

Rescuers or ring candies

life preservers · safety nets

Family

death, deadly, trapped, traps, deaths, deaden, entrap, deathly, deadpan

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG