All booby-trap synonyms

noun booby-trap

• land mine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
• ambush — If a group of people ambush their enemies, they attack them after hiding and waiting for them.
• decoy — If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
• mine — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
• pitfall — a lightly covered and unnoticeable pit prepared as a trap for people or animals.
• snare — one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
• trap — a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
• deadfall — a type of trap, used esp for catching large animals, in which a heavy weight falls to crush the prey
• mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
• set-up — Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.