: a structure or situation that is potentially very dangerous to life
Examples of death trap in a Sentence
That old elevator is a death trap.
The factory was a death trap with too few exits for the workers to use in case of a fire.
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My apartment is essentially a death trap to anyone with a nut allergy.—
Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026 That's like a death trap to me, personally.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026 Aside from being something of a death trap, the Goblin idea also fell to an alternative approach of in-flight refueling for extending the range of escorting jet fighters – a much safer way of fulfilling the mission that didn't need to take up bomb bay space needed for munitions.—New Atlas,
8 Jan. 2026 People who live and work in the Overbrook area say the stretch of Lancaster Avenue between 50th and 60th streets can be a death trap.—
Liz Crawford,
CBS News,
26 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for death trap