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steel trap

collocation in English

meanings of steeland trap


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steel
noun[U]
uk /stiːl/ us /stiːl/
a strong metal that is a mixture of iron and carbon, used for making things that need a strong structure, especially vehicles ...
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trap
noun
uk /træp/ us /træp/
a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing ...
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Examples of steel trap


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I wish that the steeltrap could be avoided.
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Would it not be possible to insert words such as "a steeltrap of a design approved by the appropriate authority"?
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What are the alternatives if we do away with the steeltrap?
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A thick steeltrap-door, 3 m2, gives access to a cellar beneath the warehouse which is of the same size.
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If it is true that the trap would hold the animal without breaking any bones, that would remove the trouble attached to the steeltrap.
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The use of a steeltrap in a rabbit hole is a brutal affair.
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The conclusion of the whole matter is plain: abolish the steeltrap.
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I think that we are all agreed in our dislike of the use of the steeltrap.
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Recently a constituent showed me a steeltrap with a rubber grip which came down on the rabbit.
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Certain humanitarian organisations have already devoted a good deal of attention to the production of a humane rabbit trap as an alternative to the steeltrap.
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We recognised that there was cruelty in the use of the steeltrap, and we can therefore claim that we are against cruelty where it exists.
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Now old and frail, his once steeltrap mind begins to fail him as he loses items and forgets whole parts of his day.
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His name came from the fact that all but two toes had been lost in a steeltrap.
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He has avoided all the iron and steel traps which have been set for him.
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A keeper to-day carries about four dozen steel traps on his shoulder—that sounds a lot, perhaps, but that is the number he carries.
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It is legal to use steel traps on a fox or a rat.
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I would say one word more on the question of steel traps.
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We have had no description whatever, of this trap, but to my mind steel traps, no matter what the construction, are cruel and inhuman.
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