| 单词 | trip wire |
| 例句 | The trip wires had not been easy to rig. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z In the foyer, she checks the trip wire: intact. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But before she can bring the brick down, the trip wire behind her jerks, and the bell rings, and someone enters the house. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Another triggered a trip wire, and pots of Greek fire exploded into green flames, engulfing several of the snake women. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Here she checks the trip wire her great-uncle built beneath the telephone table on the landing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z While Snake dealt with the alarm, Fox and Eagle prepared to neutralize the trip wire, unclipping an electronic circuit board and a variety of tools from their belts. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Taken by surprise, he lost his balance and fell, remembered the trip wire, and tried to twist his body to avoid it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t see any trip wires, so probably there weren’t any explosives. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Around the camp, Coach Hedge had rigged all sorts of trip wires, snares and oversized mousetraps that wouldn’t stop any self-respecting monster, but they might very well bring down a senior citizen. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We moved down the long side of the ridge, trying to keep our balance, hoping we wouldn’t step on a mine or pull a trip wire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The trip wire activated a stun grenade—a small device filled with a mixture of magnesium powder and mercury fulminate. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z There was a trip wire, barely thicker than a human hair, running the entire width of the room, and the French windows were alarmed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Grace,” her father said gently, like his voice could hit a trip wire and destroy them all, “you have siblings.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She pulled Leo down a side corridor, leaped over a trip wire, then stumbled to a halt in front of a pit twenty feet across. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the afternoon, the trip wire quivers, and the bell hidden beneath the third-floor table gives a single ring. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Walt sets up a shotgun trip wire in the hopes that the drug dealer will kill himself. Vince Gilligan Reveals 5 Alternate ‘Breaking Bad’ Endings 2013-10-01T15:04:19Z Muybridge set up a system of trip wires that triggered cameras as a horse ran past. How I Solved It: Making My Desktop Into Art 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z It was once common to use physical restraints, shock collars and trip wires to produce unnatural animal behaviors on film. Are Animals Getting Better at Acting? 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z His camp was guarded by multiple trip wires, his bed elevated by shopping carts, and his eyes covered by sunglasses, even in the dark. Homeless below the Las Vegas Strip: where city's vices exist in the shadows 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z The emotional revelations aren’t organic; they appear with the regularity of trip wires. Review: This Is Where I Leave You: When Papa Gets the Big Chill 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Among the devices they've hidden are large cylindrical anti-tank mines; smaller anti-personnel ones; bounding mines - which pop out of the ground and spread shrapnel over a wide area - and grenades fitted to a trip wire. Ukraine war: Training to clear the world's most heavily mined country 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z But it is the vast array of mines, trip wires, booby traps and improvised explosive devices that has Ukrainian forces bogged down only a few miles from where they started. Your Monday Briefing 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Ukrainian teams have been deployed to demine liberated areas but specialists believe there are still thousands of Russian mines, trip wires and booby traps hidden across the country. Russia Pounds Cities Across the Country, Ukraine Says. 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Ukrainian land is covered in thousands of Russian mines, trip wires and booby traps. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The demining can be done manually, with specially trained soldiers probing the soil and keeping a close eye for trip wires as they walk in front of assault units, or with specialized mine-clearing machinery. Looming Counteroffensive Will Test Ukrainian Army’s Resolve 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Denys admires the ants crawling on the ground before spotting a trip wire. Ukraine war: Training to clear the world's most heavily mined country 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Most of the people who reach out to him are amateur inventors who came up with something innovative, like a rat trip wire. Is There an Ethical Way to Kill Rats? Should We Even Ask? 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Mikhail reached a Ukrainian trench and jumped, only to see a red flare go off when one of the Russians hit a trip wire. Bloodied Wagner fighters captured in Ukraine recount path from prison to war 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The hand-grenade rigged to a trip wire had been found earlier by colleagues before soldiers returned to detonate it safely, as it was too dangerous to defuse. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z It is understood the device contained a trip wire attached to the seat belt. Timeline of dissident republican activity 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Like other recruits without experience, Ms. Bondarenko learned on the job: how to find trip wires and explosive traps, to duck for cover from shells, to provide battlefield first aid. Trading Books for a Rifle: The Teacher Who Volunteered in Ukraine 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Every home was presumed to have hidden weapons or trip wires. As Taliban Settle In, Kabul’s Green Zone Comes Back to Life 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Two of Captain Derimov’s men delicately removed and defused a hand grenade that had been attached to a tree with a barely visible trip wire intended to set it off. As the War Rages, Ukraine Wages a Daunting Battle to Rebuild 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z When triggered by a footfall or trip wire, they burst a few feet into the air, then detonate in a spray of shrapnel. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Partridge had decided to continue fighting even after he was wounded by shrapnel from a trip wire this summer. American veteran and father of five dies fighting in Ukraine 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z This ought to be harnessed into a nationwide — or even global — trip wire for disease among humans, animals and plants. Opinion | The coming storm: America is not ready for a future pandemic 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also reminded people not to go into forests that were recently under Russian occupation because of the many land mines and trip wires that remain. Evacuation efforts go on at sprawling Ukrainian steel mill 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Alan Morgan, who pulled the explosive from the water, said he thought it was live as it had a trip wire and pin. Magnet fishers find live bomb in Pontllanfraith pond 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z He then kneels, as the sunlight might glint off an all-but-invisible trip wire made from slender thread resembling fishing line if viewed from a different angle. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z When he got to the front lines, his fixer warned him about I.E.D. trip wires hidden in teddy bears. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z He also said work was continuing to clear tens of thousands of unexploded shells, mines and trip wires left behind in northern Ukraine by the departing Russians. Neighbors back Ukraine, demand accountability for war crimes 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z As they retreated from Chernobyl, Russian troops blew up a bridge in the exclusion zone and planted a dense maze of anti-personnel mines, trip wires and booby traps around the defunct station. Russian blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They came and did whatever they wanted’ 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “There are a lot of trip wires, a lot of other dangers.” Zelenskyy: Russians create ‘complete disaster’ with mines 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z For the trip wire discovered in Lyman in the thicket on a recent, rainy morning, the soldiers chose a simpler method. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Police said they encountered protesters armed with fire extinguishers, trip wires, paint-filled projectiles, homemade plywood shields and pitchforks. New Zealand police battle protesters as tents burn, Parliament camp is cleared 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Protesters used fire extinguishers, paint-filled projectiles, homemade plywood shields and pitchforks as weapons and a cord was set up as a trip wire, police said. New Zealand police dismantle tents, tow vehicles to clear anti-vaccine protests 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Eastern flank countries for years have been pushing for more U.S. forces on their soil as a deterrent to Moscow, seeing U.S. troops as a trip wire for the Kremlin. West prepares to sharpen eastern defenses if Russia invades Ukraine 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z The troops serve as a "trip wire" for NATO's 40,000-strong response force to come in quickly and bring more U.S. troops and weapons from across the Atlantic. Analysis: Best supporting actor? NATO in secondary role if Russia invades Ukraine 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z One positioned, ever so gently, a long rope and grappling hook to snare the trip wire, then backed off and pulled. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z After finding a solid floe to camp on, Ousland hand-bored ice screws at the tent’s corners and set trip wires around its perimeter that would trigger a deafening explosive shell. The untold story of the boldest polar expedition of modern times 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “Anything used with a trip wire, a metal filament that was extended, where you either increase or release pressure … and it becomes devilish to find them,” Hiznay said. For Tripoli residents, a grim homecoming to booby-trapped neighborhoods 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z He says the scientific data included in regulatory analyses by EPA scientific and economic staff constitute "trip wires" that EPA insiders were setting to undo Trump's goals. Trump's radical attempt to sabotage auto emissions rules: It's even worse than you think 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The image that comes to mind is basically a trip wire. Trolled for playing Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Aidy Bryant fights back in 'Shrill' 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z With a practiced calm, a Ukrainian de-mining expert gingerly pushed aside stalks of dry grass, revealing a lethal surprise — a hand grenade rigged to a trip wire, waiting for someone to heedlessly step on it. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z They left in place land mines, trip wires and other traps for soldiers. Pearl Harbor inspired ex-WWII Ski Soldier to serve 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z The company also implemented a “trip wire,” which would cut off users once the company reached a certain monetary threshold each day. MoviePass reportedly changed account passwords to prevent users from seeing films 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z His remedies are simple: lifting trip wires higher off the ground, for example, or running the current only at night, when predators are around. A Rising Threat to Wildlife: Electrocution 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Once again, the American Media trip wire alerted Mr. Cohen of trouble for Mr. Trump. Anatomy of a Crime: Sex, Hush Money and a Trump Fixer’s Guilty Plea 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Mines, trip wires and booby traps are go-to defensive tools for Russia’s military, inflicting grievous wounds on infantry or stalling armored vehicles. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z In the close confines of the White House, the room is inevitably used for things other than negotiating global trip wires. From JFK to Omarosa: The White House Situation Room’s history-making moments 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The system uses seismometers and trip wires to detect the roar of an approaching lahar and trigger sirens and phone alerts so residents can evacuate to high ground. Yes, Cascades volcanoes could blow — but not like Hawaii’s 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z A key feature of federal training for crisis management is the development of “trip wires” or “red lines.” Perspective | How to work for a president who loathes the civil service 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z I am surprised at the number of readers who either didn't actually read the article or read it with a closed mind because of an over-sensitive political trip wire. When Picking Apples on a Farm With 5,000 Rules, Watch Out for the Ladders 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Areas dense with trip wires, for example, will often have a dead animal nearby, as animals set them off while roaming in the forest. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z “There are people that are right on the edge, partisans in both parties, that could — would — do terrible things if that trip wire is tripped,” said Mr. Keating, a Republican. Shooting Is Latest Eruption in a Grim Ritual of Rage and Blame 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Mattis mentioned Lithuania, where a small contingent of American soldiers has served for decades as a trip wire against Russian aggression. James Mattis, a Warrior in Washington 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Sometimes it was process that took several weeks, as they waited for the pigs to become comfortable enough to enter such a trap, and spring a trip wire that dropped a door to capture them. Kansas continues to battle feral swine issue 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z In addition to barbed wire, other historic types of wire such as check row trip wire, once used for planting crops, will be on display. Barbed wire collector says unique finds ‘bring back history’ 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z In this instance, it was a claymore mine — an explosive that sprays shrapnel toward its targets — that had a trip wire. Lethal Surprises Hidden in the Grass: Russia’s Trip Wires and Land Mines 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z It may be tough for the many well-meaning celebrities or influencers who applaud Streep to understand, but any behavior that seems remotely prescriptive in a context like this will hit a trip wire. Why both sides are a little wrong in the Meryl Streep-Donald Trump battle 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z He remained holed up in the mountains until 2008 when he stepped on a trip wire, triggering an explosion that left his foot badly wounded. Have Russian hitmen been killing with impunity in Turkey? - BBC News 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z A Massachusetts man rigged a fake booby trap around a Trump yard sign after two other signs went missing; in battleground Pennsylvania, a woman duct-taped alarms and trip wires to her two Clinton signs. Yard signs give grassroots voices to a polarized electorate 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Duct tape, a lever and a trip wire turn a door into a deadly weapon. Cunning and cruel explosive devices Isis improvises to stall Mosul attack 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Everywhere one looked, it seemed, was the sinister bulge of a trip wire in the dust, or the rusted corner of a metal pressure plate, or a jerrican with calcified chemicals around its mouth. Surviving the Fall of ISIS Sex—more specifically, the urge to procreate and nurture a family—has proved to be one reliable trip wire. The Return of the Utopians 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z But here are some common trip wires you may want to approach with caution. Stop Policing How Hillary Clinton and Other Women Talk 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Being able to reach Southern whites without running afoul of any racial trip wires was critical to the Republican Party’s Southern Strategy throughout the seventies and eighties. White Plight? 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z On their way into the compound, they hit a trip wire that set off a roadside bomb and were then attacked by a Taliban suicide car bomber. In Afghanistan, U.S. Finds Advisory Role Has a Violent Reality 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z For Americans, the Baltic trip wire revives an old Cold War conundrum, said Dmitri Trenin, the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. Russian Enclave Seen as a Fault Line of East-West Tensions 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z But the Jayhawks then face games at No. 25 Texas and at home to No. 17 Iowa State, both potential trip wires. Toppling Villanova, Xavier Is Latest Team to Beat a No. 1 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Silver is aware of all this, and he acknowledged that the handshake greetings he now engages in sometimes present potential trip wires. Adam Silver and the Art of Giving Dap 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Ryan insisted there was no “trip wire” that set Republican and Democratic appropriators back in recent days, as everyone on Capitol Hill waits for a final product. Paul Ryan downplays hiccups in funding talks 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But sudden withdrawal from friends or family, for instance, starts hitting trip wires when combined with other actions, such as increased visits to hate-spewing chat rooms or radical change in appearance. California shooting shows difficulty law enforcement has detecting potential attackers 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z In mid-August he persuaded his commanding officers to allow him to join a YPG team that deactivates Islamic State mines and trip wires. In fighting Islamic State, man finds his cause 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z And so, instead, he entertained the thought that, even with a flashlight, the stepfather might not see the trip wire. “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z By detecting heat, thermal cameras can serve as a virtual trip wire and also improve nighttime visibility. Firms push high-tech solutions to fortify airport perimeters 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “A Middle East crisscrossed with nuclear trip wires is a nightmare for the world,” he said Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” Netanyahu: Iran deal would create a nuclear arms race in the Middle East 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z They first try to spot trip wires and other possible triggers. Clearing Colombia of landmines 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z The bombs were not deployed, but they were fully functional and had both trip wires and fuses, Lt. Col. Calif. governor signs first statewide ban on single-use plastic grocery bags Only when the light was nearly full strength did he return to the back steps to remove the trip wire. “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Stationing forces in these states–which would serve as trip wires–would probably be the only credible deterrence to Russian machinations. Is Alfred E. Neuman Making U.S. Foreign Policy? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z “That was one of the trip wires we looked at,” said another senior official. Fear of ‘Another Benghazi’ Drove White House to Airstrikes in Iraq 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z When he found a well-travelled tiger route, he would set up a camera rigged up with trip wires, and leave it there overnight. Monkey See, Monkey Click 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The report says the trip wire system, of a kind principally used by gamekeepers to protect bird pens, was "defective in terms of missing pieces of equipment". Horatio Chapple inquest: string of errors may have contributed to death 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z So if you come in the door you will fall over my trip wire because I am definitely going to do something with you. Crowding the Frame 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z He says investigators learned Smith was making devices that used live shotgun rounds and trip wires when a malfunction occurred. Man injured when homemade explosive malfunctions 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z In their book “Decisive,” the Heath brothers call this a trip wire. You’re the Boss Blog: Establishing a Process to Evaluate Ideas 2013-12-20T12:00:37Z New trip wires were added to detect massive downloading of classified information, monitor military workstations and better compartmentalize secret information. Geeks Who Leak: Hacktivists Are Changing How We Handle Secrets 2013-06-13T12:50:30Z There's another costly trip wire that retailers hope to avoid by increasing scrutiny now. In Bangladesh, the Slow, Tragic March to a Better Life 2013-05-31T01:40:28Z The FBI and other law-enforcement agencies maintain a system of “trip wires” with businesses around the country designed to identify would-be bombers as they gather materials. Hard Truth: Attacks Like Boston Bombing Are Nearly Unpreventable 2013-05-06T10:50:24Z Setting a mental trip wire is a way of establishing another decision point in the future, so that if we get into a bad situation we’ll revisit it. Decision making for the indecisive 2013-03-29T04:01:32Z In such a tense time the proposed ban on anchoring has acted as a trip wire. Giving Bifurcation Its Due 2013-01-29T05:00:00Z Outlook - There are trip wires all over this league. Conference calls: How the best leagues are shaping up . . . 2013-01-28T23:19:10Z So as 2013 begins, there’s no reason not to set a few of those trip wires ourselves, with beneficial consequences rather than negative ones. Practice Makes Perfect: A New Way To Think About New Year’s Resolutions 2013-01-02T13:00:34Z FBI officials wouldn’t comment on whether trip wires were in place at fireworks retailers in New Hampshire where Tamerlan purchased the fireworks because of the sensitivity of the matter. Hard Truth: Attacks Like Boston Bombing Are Nearly Unpreventable 2013-05-06T10:50:24Z "If y'all didn't see, they had trip wire out there tonight," Decker tweeted. Saban learned quickly that getting shaft wasn't much fun 2012-10-17T00:52:03Z "It's like a trip wire," said Craig Walker, deputy team leader for invertebrates at the . Net-casting spider's hunt filmed 2012-07-29T00:12:04Z A law enforcement official who was on the scene during the weekend said the assembly of explosives and trip wires was extensive. Colorado shooting victim's wife has baby; 20 still hospitalized 2012-07-24T18:46:01Z Mr. Oates described the explosive traps complete with trip wires in Mr. Holmes’s apartment as sophisticated with backup triggering mechanisms that prevented officers from easily disarming them. In Aurora, a Day or Memorials and an Obama Visit 2012-07-22T21:56:31Z There were also bottles filled with an unknown liquid and what appeared to be trip wires laid out across the apartment, he said. Shooting suspect got “high volume” of deliveries: police 2012-07-22T00:14:12Z But the robot was able to remove the initial trip wire across the front door, as well as to “neutralize a hydrobolic mixture, a form of an oxidizer and some fuel that was inside.” "We Sure As Hell Are Angry": Bomb Squad Diffuses Holmes' Apartment 2012-07-22T00:05:27Z With the major trip wires and explosives defeated, the police said they could soon enter the apartment and search for clues as to what spurred the gunman to go on his shooting rampage. Pain and Puzzles in Wake of Deadly Colorado Attack 2012-07-21T19:59:31Z Aurora, Colorado police say trip wire removal in suspect apartment may include detonation, loud boom and fire. In Aurora, bomb experts complete first phase of disarming apartment of James Holmes 2012-07-21T16:55:00Z Shortly after 10:30 a.m. local time, Sergeant Carlson said the authorities were successful in eliminating the trip wire and the first incendiary device. Colorado Police Seek to Enter Home of Shooting Suspect, James Holmes 2012-07-21T17:51:45Z “The most immediate threat is the trip wire,” Sergeant Carlson said. Colorado Police Seek to Enter Home of Shooting Suspect, James Holmes 2012-07-21T14:50:21Z The living room of the suspect's apartment was crisscrossed with trip wires connected to what appeared to be plastic bottles containing an unknown liquid, said Chris Henderson, Aurora's deputy fire chief. Gunman kills 12, wounds 59 at 'Batman' premiere in Colorado 2012-07-21T00:31:30Z Incendiary devices with chemical elements and trip wires were in the flat, police said. US mourns Batman shooting victims 2012-07-20T21:02:08Z Officials hope that by the end of March, the pens will be finished and the pigs sufficiently acclimated to allow technicians to set trip wires closing the gates. Feral Pigs Plaguing Upstate New York 2012-03-12T04:03:45Z It consisted of a board lined with nails connected to a trip wire that led to his unmarked police cruiser. Southern Calif. man found guilty in series of bizarre booby trap attacks on police 2011-11-08T02:53:14Z Once the trip wires are rendered harmless, the plan is to remove the ammunition in the apartment, load it in sand filled trucks and then detonate it in a remote location. Colorado Police Seek to Enter Home of Shooting Suspect, James Holmes 2012-07-21T14:50:21Z Campers in the area normally place trip wires around tents when they go to sleep, which set off emergency rockets or flares if crossed by an animal. Bear attack wounded 'home soon' 2011-08-07T03:40:37Z They moved through the houses - 18 were thought to be still habitable, inch by inch, probing with their bayonets and finding more home-made explosives and shells attached to trip wires and pressure plates. Bidding war 2011-04-22T23:30:06Z Wire may be used as a high or low entanglement or as a fence or trip wire or concealed obstacle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z There are trip wires for the United States when it comes to China. US embassy cables: US monitors China and its expanding role in Africa 2010-12-08T21:30:00Z But while such trip wires may catch attacks that rely on major quantities like the Oklahoma City or Zazi case, the Times Square bomb relied on comparatively small amounts of raw material. Can we stop bombs made from hardware store? 2010-05-03T23:30:00Z They are activated by pressure plates, trip wires or mobile phones. 2010-02-08T08:23:00Z Iraqi troops had laid extensive mine defences on a beach with trip wires on stakes poking out of the water. 2010-01-15T12:38:00Z If we'd hit a trip wire or something similar, the dynamite would have gone off right then. The Flaming Mountain There are now many more triggers and their trip wires are harder to see. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind We may note in passing the trip wire eight yards beyond. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916 They dash up to a jumble of trip wires scattered broadcast over the field and thinning out to a point, the nearest point which they reach in the enemy's direction. The Red Horizon There were many booby traps, such as loose boards exploding a bomb when trodden on; trip wires at the bottom of dug-out steps bringing down the roof, and other such infernal machines. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. |
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