trapdoor
noun
trap·door
ˈtrap-ˈdȯr 
: a lifting or sliding door covering an opening (as in a roof, ceiling, or floor)
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The problem is that if a deal goes bad, then the trapdoor does indeed fall out and the financial breaking of the back and subsequent strangulation does occur.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Despite knowing of the dangers, Mendez, a native of the Dominican Republic, and her conspirators stored fentanyl and press machines beneath trapdoors under play mats and cribs, according to court records.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Surprisingly, Martin is not the first artist to fall through a trapdoor in recent weeks.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
His vision of Treehouse Town is brimming with imaginative contraptions, like crow’s nests for viewing, air trams, rope swings, trapdoors and sycamore slides.
—Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Despite knowing of the dangers, Mendez, a native of the Dominican Republic, and her conspirators stored fentanyl and press machines beneath trapdoors under play mats and cribs, according to court records.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
Surprisingly, Martin is not the first artist to fall through a trapdoor in recent weeks.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
His vision of Treehouse Town is brimming with imaginative contraptions, like crow’s nests for viewing, air trams, rope swings, trapdoors and sycamore slides.
—Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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trapdoor
noun
trap·door
ˈtrap-ˈdō(ə)r
-ˈdȯ(ə)r
: a lifting or sliding door covering or hiding an opening in a roof, ceiling, or floor
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