Snare

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NOUN

something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them

strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum

a trap for birds or small mammals

VERB

catch in or as if in a trap

entice and trap

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