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Antonyms for deadfall
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ded-fawl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛdˌfɔl |
Definition of deadfall
- As in pitfall : noun hazard, trap
- As in booby trap : noun concealed trap
- As in clip joint : noun place that overcharges customers
- And I hope you get caught in some kind of deadfall and have to come screaming to the cops.
- Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Five days after we struck camp we caught a black bear in a deadfall.
- Extract from : « Black Beaver » by James Campbell Lewis
- Why didn't you have a deadfall for the foxes as you had for the bears?
- Extract from : « Beautiful Joe » by Marshall Saunders
- But neither the steel-trap nor the deadfall is wholly satisfactory.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Trapper » by A. C. Laut
- A deadfall will act just as effectively; but there is one point requiring care.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Trapper » by A. C. Laut
- Long about noon he found him by a deadfall alongside of a bar.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp » by Thornton W. Burgess
- Of course a little pen has to be built when setting this deadfall with bait.
- Extract from : « Deadfalls and Snares » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
- Will say that there is a right and a wrong way to set the deadfall.
- Extract from : « Deadfalls and Snares » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
- During November and December, 1897, I caught 11 skunk in one deadfall like this one.
- Extract from : « Deadfalls and Snares » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
- Long in the '80's in five winters eight mink were caught in one deadfall.
- Extract from : « Deadfalls and Snares » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
Synonyms for deadfall
- ambush
- baited trap
- booby trap
- brace house
- bust-out joint
- catch
- danger
- deadfall
- decoy
- difficulty
- downfall
- drawback
- entanglement
- flat joint
- flat store
- gambling house
- hidden danger
- hook
- juice joint
- land mine
- low den
- mesh
- mine
- mousetrap
- nick joint
- peril
- pit
- pitfall
- quicksand
- risk
- set-up
- setup
- snag
- snap house
- snare
- sneak joint
- steer joint
- swindle
- toil
- trap
- trip wire
- web
- wire joint
- wolf trap
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