Definitions for tripwire

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tripwire trip·wire

Spelling: [trip-wahyuh r]

IPA: /ˈtrɪpˌwaɪər/

Tripwire is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in tripwire (eiiprrtw).

Definitions for tripwire

noun

1. a wire used to set off concealed explosives, as one stretched across a footpath to be struck and activated by the foot of an enemy soldier.
2. a wire that activates a trap, camera, or other device when stepped on, tripped on, or otherwise disturbed.

Origin of tripwire

trip¹ + wire

Examples for tripwire

The transponder is really the tripwire for whatever began to unfold on that jet.

The emotions of Democrats are on a tripwire, ready to react at the slightest provocation.

The tripwire for an unfolding plot to take control of the flight would be the transponder, operated by a switch beside the pilots.