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snare




Definitionen

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snare
     1. Schlinge, Falle
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snare
     1. subst. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
     2. subst. A mental or psychological trap.
     3. subst. (veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
     4. subst. (surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
     5. subst. (music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound.
     6. subst. (music) A snare drum.
     7. v. To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
     8. v. (transitive, figurative) To ensnare.

Beispielsätze

You will free me from the snare they set for me, for you are my refuge. 
The predatory Englishman befriends, then murders the mother, assumes her identity, then forces the young boy into his sexual snare



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