Ensnaring

  • 81ensnare — UK [ɪnˈsneə(r)] / US [ɪnˈsner] verb [transitive] Word forms ensnare : present tense I/you/we/they ensnare he/she/it ensnares present participle ensnaring past tense ensnared past participle ensnared formal 1) if a bad situation ensnares someone,… …

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  • 82ensnare — /ɛnˈsnɛə / (say en snair), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) (ensnared, ensnaring) to capture in, or involve as in, a snare. –ensnarement, noun –ensnarer, noun …

  • 83capture — [n] catching, forceful holding abduction, acquirement, acquisition, apprehension, appropriating, appropriation, arrest, bag*, bust*, catch, collar, commandeering, confiscation, drop*, ensnaring, fall, gaining, grab*, grasping, hit the jackpot*,… …

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  • 84insidious — [adj] sneaky, tricky artful, astute, corrupt, crafty, crooked, cunning, dangerous, deceitful, deceptive, deep, designing, dishonest, disingenuous, duplicitous, ensnaring, false, foxy, guileful, intriguing, like a snake in the grass*,… …

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  • 85anagrams —    by Mike Gane   Although the anagram and anagrammatisation are a reference point for Baudrillard there are very few actual examples of them in his writings. As with other key concepts there is considerable latitude in their definition and there …

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  • 86cobweb — [käb′web΄] n. [ME copweb < coppe, spider (< OE coppe, in atorcoppe < ator, poison + coppe, spider; prob. akin to cop, COP1) + WEB] 1. a web spun by a spider, esp. one spun indoors that has gathered dust 2. a single thread of such a web 3 …

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  • 87ensnare — [en sner′, insner′] vt. ensnared, ensnaring to catch in or as in a snare; trap ensnarement n …

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  • 88ensnaringly — adverb : so as to ensnare : for the purpose of ensnaring …

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  • 89en|snare|ment — «ehn SNAIR muhnt», noun. the act of ensnaring or state of being ensnared; entrapment. Also, insnarement …

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