All deadfall synonyms

noun deadfall

• peril — exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.
• risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
• danger — Danger is the possibility that someone may be harmed or killed.
• snag — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
• difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
• drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
• 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.
• web — something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.
• toil — Usually, toils. a net or series of nets in which game known to be in the area is trapped or into which game outside of the area is driven.
• hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• setup — 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.
• downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• mesh — any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
• snare — one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
• pit — the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
• swindle — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
• quicksand — a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
• mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
• 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.
• trap — a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
• 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.
• gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
• hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.