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booby-trap en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of booby trap.
    alt of booby trap

Forms

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booby-traps Number=Plur lexicographic

booby-trap en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To set up with booby traps; to plant a booby trap on.
    • Israeli soldiers who combed slowly through the village on Tuesday warned visiting journalists to stay out of homes that had not been cleared, warning they could be booby-trapped with explosives. 2023 October 11, Emma Graham-Harrison, “Hamas gunmen ‘killed families in their beds’ at Kfar Aza kibbutz, say Israeli forces”, in The Guardian:
    • Transport for London and the RMT union are united in their condemnation of anti-COVID vaccination extremists who are booby-trapping posters on the London Underground and other stations with razor blades. 2021 September 22, “Network News: Station posters booby-trapped”, in RAIL, number 940, page 11:

Forms

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booby-trapping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
booby-traps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
booby-trapped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
booby-trapped Tense=Past lexicographic