death trap

noun

: a structure or situation that is potentially very dangerous to life

Examples of death trap in a Sentence

That old elevator is a death trap. The factory was a death trap with too few exits for the workers to use in case of a fire.
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Grizzly death trap The female, newly recorded as EVGF129, has already beaten the odds. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 The first half of the film finds our riffraff joining forces to escape Valentina’s death trap; the second is a parable about mental illness where the metaphors take command over the plot. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 That wouldn’t be the first time de Fontaine decided to mislead Yelena, as Jake Schreier’s Thunderbolts* has Louis-Dreyfus’ character set a death trap for Yelena and several other MCU loners, forcing them to team up to stop a much greater threat. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2025 So Far The trailer kicks off with Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) being tasked with using her genius to escape from a classic death trap in an elevator. Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for death trap

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of death trap was in 1828

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“Death trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20trap. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

death trap

noun
: an object or situation likely to cause death
that old elevator is a death trap
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