Booby traps
Defenses and booby traps are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defenses" instead a noun phrase "Booby traps".
Defenses
Booby traps and defenses are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Booby traps" instead a noun "Defenses".
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One Calvin and Hobbes strip has Calvin's parents come home to find a house full of booby traps, because Calvin watched a scary movie while they were out and then rigged up defenses against a monster attack.
Source: "Home Alone" Antics -
The Tape Knew You Would Say That: Variation: "The Tape Knew You Would Go There." Edwards' booby traps have lots of his pre-recorded messages attached to them, so many that he seems to be genuinely emotionally reacting to you breaking through his defenses.
Source: Video Game / Dead Space 3 -
Marcone himself proves this trope applies in the short story "Even Hand", using a combination of firepower, booby traps, and prepared lines of defense to erode a Fomor lord's defenses until a single rune-marked bullet could take his opponent down.
Source: Muggles Do It Better
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