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booby trap n. a device set up to be triggered to harm or kill anyone entering the trap, such as a shot gun which will go off if a room is entered, or dynamite which will explode if the ignition key on an auto is turned. If a person sets up such a trap to protect his/her property he/she will be liable for any injury or death even to an unwanted intruder such as a burglar. Setting a booby trap is also a crime. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Which is exactly why they need some kind of booby trap at the end, where the winners aren't expecting anything and -- wham When you've evacuated another, a ski instructor in regular life, whose legs have been blown off at the knee by a booby trap, and when you've visited him in the hospital but couldn't recognize him because his body was swollen to twice its normal size . Reducing Marine causalities by remoting combat tasks and minimizing risks to individual Marines by eliminating or reducing their exposure to enemy fires, booby traps, or NBC agents. |
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