Usually means: Trigger mechanism for security alert.
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  1. trip wire: Merriam-Webster
  2. trip wire: Vocabulary.com
  3. trip-wire: Wordnik
  4. trip wire: Dictionary.com
  5. Trip wire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. trip wire: Rhymezone
  7. trip wire: FreeDictionary.org
  8. trip wire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. trip wire: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. trip wire: Wiktionary

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  1. Trip Wire: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See trip_wires as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Trip wire)

noun:  Alternative form of tripwire [A cord or wire arranged so that when snagged or pulled by an intruder, it will trigger a detector or trap or a device, such as a land mine.]

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