: a lifting or sliding door covering an opening (as in a roof, ceiling, or floor)
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Authorities found a kilo of fentanyl in a closet and 12 more kilos of narcotics under a trapdoor in the children's playroom.โ๐ Image Doha Madani, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026 Richarlison became a hero for Everton in the 2021-22 season, scoring six times in their final 10 matches to inspire what had for a while looked an unlikely escape from the trapdoor that leads to the Championship.โ๐ Image Jay Harris, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026 But the culture does prime young men to align themselves emotionally with sports and then offer them the trapdoor of an opportunity to return on that investment.โ๐ Image Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026 To OโConnor, humor is a trapdoor, a way to disarm the audience in order to deliver that emotional payload.โ๐ Image Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trapdoor
