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TRIPWIRE
Etymology
Noun
tripwire (plural tripwires)
A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or trap or a device, such as a land mine.
• Seeing the tripwire of a nearby bouncing Betty gave us cold chills, and we moved all the more slowly through the woods.
Any means of detecting intruders.
Synonyms
• tripline
• trip cord
Verb
tripwire (third-person singular simple present tripwires, present participle tripwiring, simple past and past participle tripwired)
(transitive) To set a tripwire mechanism in (a location).
Source: Wiktionary
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