Examples of 'trip wire' in a sentence
Meaning of "trip wire"
Trip wire: This phrase typically refers to a thin wire or cord that is stretched across a path or area to trigger a mechanism or alarm, especially in military or security contexts. It implies a hidden or camouflaged device that is triggered when someone trips or disturbs the wire, serving as an early warning or defensive measure. It can also be used metaphorically to describe any triggering mechanism or event
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Double trip wire at the other gate.
Looks like some kind of trip wire.
There could be a trip wire or a motion detector.
There is no sign of a pressure plate or a trip wire.
This is connected to a trip wire in the drive.
That trip wire leads somewhere.
We need an anchor pin and a trip wire.
Keep your trip wire taut.
Gonna get that caught on a trip wire.
I can see a trip wire connected to pressurized gas.
The guy hit the trip wire.
Trip wire leading to a cell phone.
Looks like he set off a trip wire.
Trip wire must be a pressure plate.
Forensics might find evidence of a trip wire.
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We got a trip wire right here.
And they just released this trip wire.
About here will be a trip wire to this sliding door.
Just be careful of the trip wire.
Trip wire caught something.
You just hit the trip wire is all.
Trip wire must have been hidden in the strap.
And there is a trip wire there.
The laser trip wire is a refinement of a conventional light sensor.
We must have hit a trip wire.
We found a trip wire so we tripped it.
Looks like you set off a trip wire.
Got a trip wire.
The motion detector at the door is an electronic trip wire.
Looks like he rigged a trip wire to the light switch.
There is to be no shooting unless they cross the trip wire.
Watch the trip wire.
These trip wire barriers could not hope to stop the zombie horde from advancing.
Get off the trip wire.
Trip wire is gonna keep those things out?
Just the one trip wire.
This trip wire will act as an early-warning system.
I will attach the trip wire.
I am going to lay this trip wire right at the bottom of the door.
The timer is on a trip wire.
There might be a trip wire between him and the device.
There might be a trip wire.
First man in hit the trip wire and his head landed on a roof.
There could be a trip wire.
Maybe rig a trip wire in case he's trying to double back.
Someone set a trip wire.
There is some trip wire to booby-trap the room door.
My foot hit a trip wire.
If we beat the arrow, a trip wire would dump water and save our valuable stuff.
Like a cellular trip wire.
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