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death trap

death trap is the alternative form of deathtrap.

Meaning of deathtrap

Noun

deathtrap (plural deathtraps)

  1. (figuratively, informal) An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device.
    • Route 9 is a deathtrap; they should at least put up guard rails.
  2. 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.

Forms of death trap

pluraldeath traps

Questions about death trap

What is death trap the alternative form of?
Death trap is the alternative form of deathtrap.

Words near death trap in the dictionary

  1. death throe
  2. death throes
  3. death toll
  4. death tolls
  5. Death Trail
  6. death trap
  7. death traps
  8. Death Valley
  9. Death Valley driver
  10. Death Valley drivers
  11. death wail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: death trap (page history and authors); deathtrap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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