Quicksand synonyms

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swamp (related)
A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.
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shifting-sands (related)
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quagmire (related)
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morass (related)
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quicksilver
(Colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
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syrtis
(Obsolete) A quicksand.
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unpredictable
An unpredictable thing.
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snare
Anything dangerous, risky, etc. that tempts or attracts; thing by which a person is entangled; trap
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trap
A trapdoor.
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mercurial
(Astrology) Someone born under the influence of Mercury. [from 16th c.]
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Find another word for quicksand. In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for quicksand, like: swamp, shifting-sands, quagmire, morass, quicksilver, syrtis, unpredictable, snare, trap and mercurial.
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Quicksand Sentence Examples

  • "The Delta," he exclaims, "shall become a plashy quicksand, a second Syrtis !

  • In ground which is of the nature of quicksand, piles will often slowly rise to their original position after each blow.

  • When it is grounded to the floor, try to avoid the quicksand by doing multiple jumps.

  • " quicksand," loose water-logged sand, readily yielding to weight or pressure, and "quicksilver," the common name of the metal mercury.

  • As he rode, problems bobbed to the surface of his mind like driftwood released from quicksand – ready to be plucked from the surface and worked into something useable.

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