booby trapnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbuː.bi ˌtræp/us/ˈbuː.bi ˌtræp/something dangerous, especially a bomb, that is hidden inside somewhere that looks safe:
The bodyguard was killed while checking the president's car for booby traps.
a booby-trap bomb
They put a bucket of water on top of his door as a booby trap.
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Bombs & missiles
- atom bomb
- ballistic
- ballistic missile
- ballistics
- bomblet
- frag bomb
- fragmentation bomb
- grenade
- guided missile
- H-bomb
- missile
- Molotov cocktail
- mushroom cloud
- napalm
- neutron bomb
- smart bomb
- smoke bomb
- surface-to-air missile
- time bomb
- torpedo
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booby-trap
verb [ T ] usuk/ˈbuː.bi.træp/
The police discovered that the car was booby-trapped.