deathtrap
noun[C]
us/ˈdeθˌtræp/something that is verydangerousand couldcausedeath:
With nofireexits, thehallwas a deathtrap.
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It is a veritabledeathtrapand a bottle-neck.
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They are victims of a range of social evils that are often compounded by their bad luck in living in dangerous, unhealthy and dirty deathtraps.
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The misuse of warehouses and similar premises creates potential deathtraps.
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Those roads are adeathtrap.
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It is adeathtrap, anyway.
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Its ecology can be politely described as a layereddeathtrap, the planet's surface being encompassed in shadow by wroshyr trees that are many miles high.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This even goes as far as heroes, or other villains, insulting a villain for attempting to avoid using adeathtrapor staying to watch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On some occasions, thedeathtrapis a machine that absorbs the energy from the hero/heroes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Terror returned to rescue them from a waterydeathtrap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He seems to possess the powers of his previous incarnations, escaping adeathtrapby devouring an entire silo full of grain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It would study a superhuman, often by forcing them to run through some sort ofdeathtrapscenario, then used the collected data to create duplicates of the superhuman being.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another rationalization for adeathtrapis when a particular villain simply enjoys leaving his victims some small chance of survival, just for the sake of sport.
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