ensnare

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ENSNARE

to catch or hold as if in a net <parked just out of view, the state trooper was lying in wait to ensnare unwary speeders>

Synonyms catch up, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, ensnarl, entoil, entrap, mesh, net, snare, tangle, trap

Related Words bag, birdlime, capture, collar; embroil, implicate, involve, mire

Near Antonyms detach, disengage, extricate; clear, free, liberate

Antonyms disentangle, untangle

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