Grab
Grab verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.
Usage example: don't grab my arm like that
How words are described
| full | full grab | full trap |
| similar | similar grab | similar trap |
| instant | instant grab | instant trap |
| standard | standard grab | standard trap |
| Other adjectives: single, obvious, blatant, simple, effective, powerful, huge, final, last, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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However if Leon is near the trap door after you sunk a Gigantes in, it'll grab Leon and drag him into the pit.
Source: Kaizo Trap -
Bob's character immediately reached in to grab it, only to have his arm guillotined off by a trap.
Source: Hand in the Hole - But taking herself and Conan unobtrusively out of the way of a death trap, while doing nothing to warn four of her men and leaving them to get crushed so she can grab the treasure afterward .
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Trap and Grab. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grab/trap
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Trap or Grab. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grab/trap.
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