Aperture and Trap

Aperture

Aperture noun - A place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing.

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Trap and aperture are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trap" instead a noun "Aperture".

Trap noun - A device or scheme for capturing another by surprise.

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Aperture and trap are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aperture" instead a noun "Trap".

Nearby Words: trapped, trapping, trapper, trappy

In the end, Aperture Science was operating off the grid, paranoid of any government oversight, in effect walling themselves in to one giant, death-trap lab.

Source: Mad Scientist / Video Games
While only one requires falling for a trap, the others are rather easy to avoid (though not impossible to do by accident.) Wingding Eyes: Virgil's eye is based off of the 1970s Aperture logo.

Source: Videogame / Portal Stories: Mel
Wheatley helps you skip a few of the first set (the original game tests), then breaks you out of GLaDOS's set early; once you get out of Old Aperture (which doesn't have the number signs) and get to Wheatley's part, he suddenly springs a trap on you before you've finished the set.

Source: Videogame / Portal 2

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