Trapped - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtræpt|  American pronunciation of the word trapped
Brit.  |træpt|  British pronunciation of the word trapped
- this word is a past tense form of the verbto trap
- this word is a past participle form of the verbto trap

adjective

- forced to turn and face attackers (syn: cornered)
like a trapped animal

Extra examples

Several people were trapped inside the burning building.

She felt trapped in an empty marriage.

...the inspiring heroism of the firefighters who risked their lives to save the people trapped in the burning building...

The toxic fumes imperiled the lives of the trapped miners.

...the child who fell through the ice was helplessly swept along the raceway, still trapped under the ice, by the current...

...in The Odyssey, Ulysses is trapped between the six-headed monster Scylla and Charybdis, a deadly whirlpool that threatens to suck in his ship...

They were trapped after the lifts went out of action.

One regiment was trapped behind enemy lines.

She felt trapped in a loveless marriage.

She had felt trapped by the old mesh of loyalty and shame.

Twenty miners were trapped underground.

Dozens of people were trapped in the rubble when the building collapsed.

There's no way out! We're trapped!

Julia felt trapped in her role of wife and mother.

The police trapped the terrorists at a roadblock.

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