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noun

Definition of mousetrapnext
as in snare

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mousetrap

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verb

as in to trap

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Recent Examples of mousetrap
Noun
If the locker room was riding high, or if the team was favored heavily against a particular opponent, Parcells would whip out the mousetraps. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2025 If YouTube delivered a huge ratings number, the broadcast networks that have leaned on their reach for relevance – Fox, CBS, NBC and ABC – would have to admit that YouTube, with its 2 billion monthly active users, is simply a better mousetrap to maximize audience. — Contessa Brewer,alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
All of that seems to have been forgotten, though, in the rush to better mousetrap the category with extreme levels of brightness, unconventional form factors, solar charging, and other needless complication. — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for mousetrap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mousetrap
  1. snare
  2. trap
  3. capture
  4. entrap
  5. entrapment
  6. ensnare
  7. attack
  8. assault
Noun
  • In California, 387 were killed with neck snares, 44 with foothold traps and 2,200 shot with firearms.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Chase and Tee Higgins turn potential incompletions into 6-point snares.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of snare
Verb
  • The friction over editorial decisions, particularly around Israel, has trapped CBS in its own Middle East media war.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The alligator was trapped and killed, Winter Garden Police Chief Michael Mason said.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of trap
Noun
  • She was seen near the shelter in the days leading up to her capture.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Much of the theory also stems from Belbruno's work on permanent capture into the solar system and weak stability boundaries published in 2024 in the journal Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of capture
Verb
  • One fascination of this brave book—brave in its disclosures but more so in its demands, its spiritual rigor, and its ardent intellectualism—lies in watching the eloquent, intelligent sufferer steadily entrapping herself.
    — James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • How else could that show have ended, the way people were being entrapped, and, certainly, with the dubious legality of it all?
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of entrap
Noun
  • The show worked with local police, but many of the criminal cases later ended up being thrown out due to issues of entrapment or jurisdiction, per Fischel; none of the other men arrested in the sting that included Conradt’s suicide were prosecuted.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The terror is physical entrapment, an unbearable ticking clock with Jay having one hour of oxygen left, alone with his thoughts.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of entrapment
Verb
  • With Zelda so close to its movie debut, the game's poised to ensnare old fans and entice new players.
    — James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
  • But the incumbent faces a tough battle because of an affordability crisis and a corruption scandal that ensnared the same justice who led the investigation into Bolsonaro.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of ensnare
Noun
  • The claim that Ukraine has halted its strikes on energy sites could not be independently verified, but neither Russian officials nor media have reported Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries since the energy truce was announced.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Before the current attacks, the airport handled roughly 110,000 passengers a day — similar in scale to Miami International airport.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of attack
Noun
  • Mace and Bryant were not yet engaged at the time of the October 2018 assault.
    — MEG KINNARD, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • On Tuesday, the DA’s Office charged Gonzalez with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, elder abuse, vandalism and battery.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
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“Mousetrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousetrap. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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