tank trap
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A fourth work, which also resembles Banksy's signature spray-painted style, portrays two children sitting on a metal tank trap and using it as a seesaw spray painted onto a concrete defensive block in Kyiv.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2022
They certainly know every tank trap on the Salisbury Plain.
From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2013
The orthodox idea of a tank trap is a super-ditch like a lion pit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Trying to bypass a tank trap, one Patton bogged down in a marshy field.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through both cities the Arno flowed between masonry banks, making it a perfect tank trap and barrier to infantry.
From Time Magazine Archive
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