tripwire

Speech parts

1. tripwire - Noun

2. tripwire - Verb

Meaning

A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or trap or a device, such as a land mine.
Seeing the tripwire of a nearby bouncing Betty gave us cold chills, and we moved all the more slowly through the woods.

Any means of detecting intruders or attackers.

tripwire (third-person singular simple present tripwires, present participle tripwiring, simple past and past participle tripwired)

(transitive) To set a tripwire mechanism in (a location).

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Examples

Moon didn’t elaborate, but many foreign experts have viewed the North’s possessing a reliable ICBM as a tripwire for potential U.S. strikes. Source: Internet

Moreover, even if Putin does not explicitly add such a tripwire force, his already deployed S-400 advanced surface-to-air missile systems could elicit the very same perilous consequences. Source: Internet

The two men who were injured in Sunday night's tripwire bomb remain hospitalized in good condition Tuesday afternoon. Source: Internet

Represented Tripwire in its sale to Thoma Bravo LLC. Source: Internet

He previously worked as the EMEA technical director for Tripwire. Source: Internet

Mike has extensive experience helping customers achieve greater business results with solutions focused on enhancing online channels previously at Jive, Webtrends, WideMile and Tripwire. Source: Internet

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