Someone had rigged a booby trap that blew up the car when the engine was started. We set a booby trap by balancing a bucket of water on top of the door so that it would fall on him when he came in.
Recent Examples on the WebOne booby trap was recovered in a building across the street, designed to blow when the electricity was switched back on, but Rhyzenko’s home appeared to be safe based on the expert’s search. Phil Mccausland, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2022 The soldiers passed a Russian military identification document, fluttering in the wind on the lawn of a house, but did not touch it to check the name, fearing a booby trap.New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022 It was thought their digging had triggered a booby trap. Dylan Taylor-lehman, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021 The gunman in that attack, which killed 12, attempted to booby trap his home before the shooting. Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 28 May 2021 Flooding of the Money Pit, which the legend claims to be evidence of a booby trap, occurs naturally on that part of Oak Island due to the influx of fresh water from sands of the island’s subsurface. Dylan Taylor-lehman, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021 Ronald Cyr, age 65, a most distrustful chap, Determined to defend his home, devised a booby trap.Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020 The booby trap was placed on the sidewalk of a Southwest Austin neighborhood and those injured were young white males.CBS News, 20 Oct. 2020 Stranger said that during the initial search of the property, one of the deputies stepped on a board with nails sticking up from it — which Stranger said had been placed as a booby trap. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020 See More