Pit and Trap

Pit

Pit noun - A trap in the form of a concealed hole.

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Trap and pit are semantically related in excavation topic. In some cases you can use "Trap" instead a noun "Pit".

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

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Pit and trap are semantically related in excavation topic. Sometimes you can use "Pit" instead a noun "Trap".

Nearby Words: trapped, trapping, trapper, trappy

full	full pit	full trap
similar	similar pit	similar trap
certain	certain pit	certain trap
instant	instant pit	instant trap
Other adjectives: original, fake, single, open, obvious, simple, actual, massive, big, huge, infamous, new, deadly, hidden, quicksand, inescapable, said, local, spiked, giant, magical, aforementioned.

character	pit character	trap character
god	pit god	trap god
characters	pit characters	trap characters
troops	pit troops	trap troops
Other words: player, protagonist, everyone, sonic, players, students, heroes.

You fell in a pit or trap-door while punished, and your iron ball fell on top of you.

Source: The Dev Team Thinks Of Everything / NetHack
In the Homestar Runner cartoon "Pay Plus," Strong Bad and The Cheat drop Homestar through a trap door, but Homestar does not plunge into a bottomless pit.

Source: Trap-Door Fail
If on the other hand the hero is in their Supervillain Lair and is trying to catch them, the villain will always be a corridor length away and probably lead him into a Defensive Feint Trap or pit filled with sharks.

Source: Mobile Menace

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