Deathtrap

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  • noun. An unsafe building or other structure.
  • noun. A perilous circumstance or situation.
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  • noun. An extremely dangerous location, structure or device.
  • noun. A plot device where a villain in a story puts a hero in an elaborate dangerous situation for the purposes of attempting a sadistic murder.
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  • noun. any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed
  • Word Usage
    "A through ticket by way of Nicaragua also cost less and, perhaps as important as everything else, Nicaragua was not known as a deathtrap."
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