• Ensnare

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɛə(r)

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    Origin

    From - + snare.

    Full definition of ensnare

    Verb

    1. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
      • 2005: Plato, Sophist, Translation by Lesley Brown, ,When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?
    2. To entangle; to enmesh.
      • 2006, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 1, But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

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