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detrapped

detrapped is the simple past and past participle of detrap.

Meaning of detrap

Verb

detrap (third-person singular simple present detraps, present participle detrapping, simple past and past participle detrapped)

  1. (transitive) To remove traps from.
    • He had forgotten to tell Willie and Ara to detrap the hulk of the turtle boat. That is a hell of a thing to leave around if some poor fisherman comes onto it. Well, they can go back and detrap it.1970, Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream

Questions about detrapped

What is detrapped the simple past and past participle of?
Detrapped is the simple past and past participle of detrap.

Words near detrapped in the dictionary

  1. detransitioning
  2. detransitions
  3. detransphobia
  4. detransphobic
  5. detrap
  6. detrapped
  7. detrapping
  8. detraps
  9. detrash
  10. detrashed
  11. detrashes

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