mousetraps 1 of 2

noun

plural of mousetrap
as in snares

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mousetraps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mousetrap
as in traps

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mousetraps
  1. snares
  2. traps
  3. attacks
  4. nets
  5. captures
Noun
  • Of the coyotes, for example, 15,000 nationwide were killed by neck snares, 5,500 with foothold traps and 182 with cyanide capsules.
    — 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 snares
Verb
  • This loop traps us, backfilling saved time with even more low-value complexity rather than freeing up space for deep thinking.
    — Stephanie Kramer, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Once the festivities get rolling, though, ferociously bad weather rolls in and traps them there for the foreseeable future.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of traps
Noun
  • That has included arson attacks on Jewish sites that Britain says were carried out by Iranian proxies.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The attacks came during the World Petroleum Congress in Riyadh.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of attacks
Verb
  • Topping off the buds for 10 minutes nets you about two hours of playback time, which is nice.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Owen Michaels nets his second goal Michaels scored his second career NHL goal on his second shot.
    — Janson Duench, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of nets
Noun
  • Surveillance video captures shooting at Pasadena gas station CBS News Baltimore obtained surveillance video showing a group of people gathered around a gas pump before a person pulls out a gun and fires shots.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • On a Galaxy phone, Samsung saves it in Gallery and may also place it inside the Video captures album.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of captures
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