TRIPWIRE


Meaning of TRIPWIRE in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Another edges his way towards him ... picking through mines and tripwires.

At first they were detonated by cables or tripwires.

Booby traps were usually small and frequently made out of a grenade, with a simple tripwire attached.

That could include traditional diplomacy, peace-monitoring, the placing of tripwire forces on disputed borders and the policing of arms embargoes.

We had triple concertina wire set up, claymores, and tripwires, and we even cut some fields of fire.

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