Tripwire is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tripwire 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.
- Any means of detecting intruders or attackers.
Using Tripwire
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Any means of detecting intruders or attackers.
- In the example corpus, tripwire often appears in combinations such as: by tripwire.
Context around Tripwire
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tripwire
- In this selection, "tripwire" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stakes, thin, interactive and ensuring stand out and add context to how "tripwire" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a tripwire ensuring washington and by a tripwire. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tripwire" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tripwire
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They said a bomb that exploded Sunday night appeared to have used a tripwire. (14 words)
The base not only hosted nuclear-armed strategic bombers, it also served as a high-stakes tripwire. (17 words)
The gullibility of the victim stood out to Tyler Reguly, manager of security R&D at Tripwire. (17 words)
With the villain refusing to do so, eventually, Walter Jr. would find the captive stranger and try to help him, only for the drug lord to take revenge on Walt by using the tripwire to kill both himself and Walter Jr. (41 words)
Investigators said another package bomb that exploded late Sunday in Austin, injuring two people, was set off by a tripwire and was more sophisticated than the three blasts that took place earlier in March. (34 words)
Authorities say the latest bomb to go off in the Texas capital of Austin was anchored to a metal yard sign near a hiking trail and equipped with a fishing line-thin tripwire. (33 words)
Example sentences (14)
With the villain refusing to do so, eventually, Walter Jr. would find the captive stranger and try to help him, only for the drug lord to take revenge on Walt by using the tripwire to kill both himself and Walter Jr.
Again, creating a tripwire against the North is distinct from whatever other missions Washington and Seoul might jointly contemplate.
That also means a ton of reviews have dropped, detailing both the positive and negatives of Tripwire's newest release.
Tripwire Interactive's Killing Floor 2 receives its Infernal Insurrection update, and it's filled with horrifying Halloween content.
Duga would have received the first warning of an American nuclear missile attack on the Soviet Union, a tripwire for mutually assured destruction.
In South Korea the U.S. long deployed troops along the Demilitarized Zone to act as a tripwire, ensuring Washington’s entry into any war.
The base not only hosted nuclear-armed strategic bombers, it also served as a high-stakes tripwire.
The gullibility of the victim stood out to Tyler Reguly, manager of security R&D at Tripwire.
Authorities say the latest bomb to go off in the Texas capital of Austin was anchored to a metal yard sign near a hiking trail and equipped with a fishing line-thin tripwire.
Investigators said another package bomb that exploded late Sunday in Austin, injuring two people, was set off by a tripwire and was more sophisticated than the three blasts that took place earlier in March.
More attacks followed, including further package bombs that also killed a 17-year-old male, Draylen Mason, and a roadside device believed triggered by a tripwire.
They said a bomb that exploded Sunday night appeared to have used a tripwire.
While every alliance is a tripwire, our “special relationship” with Israel is indeed a unique case in that a relatively weak protectorate is issuing the global hegemon its marching orders.
There are field-expedient methods of detonating the mine by tripwire, or by a timer, but these are rarely used.
Common combinations with tripwire
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- by tripwire 3×