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Definition of Deathtrap
1. Noun. Any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed.
Definition of Deathtrap
1. Noun. An extremely dangerous location, structure or device. ¹
2. Noun. A plot device where a villain in a story puts a hero in an elaborate dangerous situation for the purposes of attempting a sadistic murder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deathtrap
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deathtrap
Literary usage of Deathtrap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Lens Becomes a deathtrap On Sept. 17 Mr. Gibbs recorded later phase of the great
fight for Lens: The Canadian and English troops during the five months of ..."
2. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1901)
"... in Mississippi, in Georgia,—at Shiloh, at Corinth, at Antietam, at Gettysburg,
in the salient at Spottsylvania, in the deathtrap at Petersburg, ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2001)
"If you know what you're doing, it's the gentlest land in the world, full of things
to eat; for the unfamiliar, it's a deathtrap. The prospectors showed up, ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"... also, they may have been necessary, still this does not authorize the construction
of a deathtrap or a dangerous contrivance upon the sidewalk of one of ..."
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