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FOR TRAP: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FOR TRAP?

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Associations of "For trap" (30 Words)

Associations of "For trap" (30 Words)

bait	Lure entice or entrap with bait. Many potential buyers are reluctant to take the bait.
bound	Move forward by leaps and bounds. Children bound* for school.*
cavity	An empty space within a solid object. The abdominal cavity.
comb	An act of untangling or arranging the hair with comb. They combed the area for the missing child.
dint	A blow or stroke, typically one made with a weapon in fighting. The soft dints at the top of a coconut.
disentangle	Remove knots or tangles from (wool, rope, or hair. It was difficult to disentangle* fact from fiction.*
ensnare	Catch in or as if in a trap. They were ensnared in city centre traffic.
entrap	Trick (someone) into committing a crime in order to secure their prosecution. He argued that his client had been entrapped by an undercover police officer.
extricate	Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty. I cannot extricate* myself from this task.*
hole	Hit the ball into the hole. A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started.
lariat	A rope used as a lasso or for tethering.
lasso	Catch with a lasso. At last his father lassoed the horse.
loiter	Stand or wait around without apparent purpose. The weather had tempted them to loiter* along the banks of the Cherwell.*
lurk	(of an unpleasant quality) be present in a latent or barely discernible state, although still presenting a threat. Danger lurks beneath the surface.
obstacle	A thing that blocks one’s way or prevents or hinders progress. The poverty of a district is an obstacle* to good education.*
peephole	A small hole that may be looked through, especially one in a door through which callers may be identified before the door is opened. She was wearing a black peephole* bra.*
perdition	Complete and utter ruin. She used her last banknote to buy herself a square meal before perdition.
pit	Sink in or contract so as to form a pit or hollow. A bear pit.
pitfall	A covered pit for use as a trap. The pitfalls of buying goods at public auctions.
shackle	Chain with shackles. They seek to shackle* the oil and gas companies by imposing new controls.*
snare	Catch a bird or mammal in a snare. The car salesman had snared three potential customers.
solve	Find an answer to, explanation for, or means of effectively dealing with (a problem or mystery. Solve an equation.
tied	(of a game or contest) with both or more competitors or teams achieving the same score. A tied* vote.*
trammel	A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner. We have no wish to be trammelled by convention.
unearth	Find (something) in the ground by digging. Workmen unearthed an ancient artillery shell.
unknot	Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of. His shoulders unknotted.
unravel	(of twisted, knitted or woven threads) become undone. His painstaking diplomacy of the last eight months could quickly unravel.
unscramble	Make intelligible. Can you unscramble* the message.*
untangle	Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of. Fishermen untangled their nets.
unwary	Not cautious of possible dangers or problems. Accidents can happen to the unwary* traveller.*