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Type Words
Synonyms ensnare, entrap, trammel, trap
Type of catch, capture
Has types gin
Derivation snarer
Type Words
Synonyms trap
Type of design, plan
Has types speed trap, iron trap


it was all a snare and delusion.
Type Words
Synonyms gin, noose
Type of trap
Type Words
Synonyms hook
Type of lure, tempt, entice
Verb group hook, solicit, accost


The car salesman had snared three potential customers.
Type Words
Synonyms side drum, snare drum
Type of membranophone, tympan, drum
Type Words
Type of surgical instrument
Type Words
Type of string

Examples of snare

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The snare was tied to a tree and we lifted out the fence panel and cut him free.
From the express.co.uk
Synaptotagmin-1 may be a distance regulator acting upstream of SNARE nucleation.
From the nature.com
Its best sound is achieved using a single steel-wire snare-brush or whisk broom.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Albert Pujols made a diving snare of a groundball up the first-base line by Drew.
From the stltoday.com
It appeared to be a ball that Molina had a better chance to snare than he let on.
From the stltoday.com
The gossip is that leisure industry guru Sir David Michels could snare that role.
From the independent.co.uk
Watson also survived a late challenge from Michael Clarke to snare the ODI award.
From the canberratimes.com.au
If file sharing is a risk to the innocent, it can also be a snare for the guilty.
From the online.wsj.com
Old faces wait outside the door, then remind you of lessons on the snare drums.
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More examples
  • Trap: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
  • Trap: something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
  • Snare drum: a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
  • Hook: entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
  • A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
  • A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
  • SNARE proteins (an acronym derived from "SNAP (Soluble NSF Attachment Protein) REceptors") are a large protein superfamily consisting of more than 60 members in yeast and mammalian cells.
  • Snare (sometimes also written as SNARE, an acronym for System iNtrusion Analysis and Reporting Environment) is a group of open-source agents, and a commercial server, used to collect audit log data from a variety of operating systems and applications to facilitate centralised log analysis. ...
  • (Snaring) Animal trapping, or simply trapping, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes, including food, wildlife management, or pest control. ...