tripwire in English

noun
1
a wire stretched close to the ground, working a trap, explosion, or alarm when disturbed and serving to detect or prevent people or animals entering an area.
Then attach a tripwire to the dead animal with the other end attached to a loaded shotgun.

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1. The configuration syntax is very close from tripwire/Aide

2. I can see tripwire connected to pressurized gas.

3. The bomb was attached to a tripwire laid across the road.