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Booby trap, the Glossary

A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or another animal.^[1]

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Guerrilla warfare tactics
Practical joke devices

Anti-handling device

An anti-handling device is an attachment to or an integral part of a landmine or other munition such as some fuze types found in general-purpose air-dropped bombs, cluster bombs and sea mines.

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An anti-personnel mine or anti-personnel landmine (APL) is a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to an anti-tank mine, which target vehicles. Booby trap and anti-personnel mine are area denial weapons.

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Anti-personnel weapon

An anti-personnel weapon is a weapon primarily used to maim or kill infantry and other personnel not behind armor, as opposed to attacking structures or vehicles, or hunting game.

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Area denial weapon

An area denial weapon is a defensive device used to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing an area of land, sea or air. Booby trap and area denial weapon are area denial weapons.

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Armour

Armour (Commonwealth English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or from a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g.

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Battle of Jenin (2002)

The Battle of Jenin, took place in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on April 1–11, 2002.

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Booby

A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the family Sulidae.

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Booby prize

A booby prize is a joke prize usually given in recognition of a terrible performance or last-place finish.

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Car bomb

A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles. Booby trap and car bomb are Guerrilla warfare tactics.

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Cartridge trap

A cartridge trap is a very simple trap, made from four main components: a bamboo pipe, a piece of wood, a nail and a small arms cartridge. Booby trap and cartridge trap are area denial weapons and Guerrilla warfare tactics.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Combat engineer

A combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations.

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DEMIRA

DEMIRA, or DEMIRA Deutsche Minenräumer e.V. (German mine clearers), is an international, humanitarian, non-governmental organization (NGO) registered in Germany.

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Dribble glass

A dribble glass is a drinking glass that has holes hidden in its etched design. Booby trap and dribble glass are practical joke devices.

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Ethnic nationalism

Ethnic nationalism, also known as ethnonationalism, is a form of nationalism wherein the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity, with emphasis on an ethnocentric (and in some cases an ethnocratic) approach to various political issues related to national affirmation of a particular ethnic group.

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Exploding cigar

An exploding cigar is a variety of cigar that explodes shortly after being lit. Booby trap and exploding cigar are practical joke devices.

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Fuze

In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes fuse) is the part of the device that initiates its function.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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IDF Caterpillar D9

The IDF Caterpillar D9 — nicknamed Doobi (דובי, for teddy bear) — is a Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

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Improvised explosive device

An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. Booby trap and improvised explosive device are area denial weapons.

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Irish republicanism

Irish republicanism (poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule.

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Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym, is the national military of the State of Israel.

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Lucia Elizabeth Vestris

Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (née Elizabetta Lucia Bartolozzi; 3 March 1797 – 8 August 1856) was a British actress and a contralto opera singer, appearing in works by, among others, Mozart and Rossini.

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Mantrap (snare)

A mantrap is a mechanical physical security device for catching poachers and other trespassers. Booby trap and mantrap (snare) are area denial weapons.

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Mercury switch

A mercury switch is an electrical switch that opens and closes a circuit when a small amount of the liquid metal mercury connects metal electrodes to close the circuit.

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Miniature snap-action switch

Comparison of some different switches A miniature snap-action switch, also trademarked and frequently known as a micro switch or microswitch, is an electric switch that is actuated by very little physical force, through the use of a tipping-point mechanism, sometimes called an "over-center" mechanism.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Olympic Theatre

The Olympic Theatre, sometimes known as the Royal Olympic Theatre, was a 19th-century London theatre, opened in 1806 and located at the junction of Drury Lane, Wych Street and Newcastle Street.

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Operation Defensive Shield

Operation Defensive Shield (מִבְצָע חוֹמַת מָגֵן) was a 2002 Israeli military operation in the West Bank, carried out amidst the Second Intifada.

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Project Eldest Son

Project Eldest Son (also known as “Italian Green” or “Pole Bean”) was a program of covert operations conducted by the United States' Studies and Observation Group (SOG) during the Vietnam War.

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Protocol on Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices

The Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices is a United Nations treaty that restricts the use of land mines, remotely delivered mines, and booby traps.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Punji stick

The punji stick or punji stake is a type of booby trapped stake. Booby trap and punji stick are area denial weapons and Guerrilla warfare tactics.

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Second Intifada

The Second Intifada (lit; האינתיפאדה השנייה), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, was a major uprising by Palestinians against the Israeli occupation, characterized by a period of heightened violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel between 2000 and 2005.

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Security forces

Security forces are statutory organizations with internal security mandates.

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Shocking gum

Shocking gum is a practical joke device that delivers a mild electric shock. Booby trap and Shocking gum are practical joke devices.

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Snake nut can

A snake nut can is a practical joke device that closely resembles a can of nuts, but contains a long wire spring covered by a cloth or vinyl sheath, printed like snake skin, which leaps out of the can and startles the unsuspecting victim. Booby trap and snake nut can are practical joke devices.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Spring-gun

A spring-gun, booby trap gun etc. Booby trap and spring-gun are area denial weapons.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Trespass

Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels, and trespass to land.

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Tripwire

A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism.

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Trou de loup

In medieval fortification, a trou de loup (French for "wolf hole"; plural trous de loup, also commonly referred to as a tiger pit in the East) was a type of booby trap or defensive obstacle. Booby trap and trou de loup are area denial weapons and Guerrilla warfare tactics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby_trap

Also known as Booby Traps, Booby-trap, Booby-trapped, Booby-traps, Boobytrap, Boobytraps.

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Booby trap, the Glossary

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Guerrilla warfare tactics

Practical joke devices

References