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Trip Wire

nounid 147896·updated May 18, 2026
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a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over

polysemousMWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Trip Wires
possessive
Trip Wire's
pluralpossessive
Trip Wires'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over
§2
a small military force that serves as a first line of defense

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