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Meaning of Devil's Triangle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An area that is dangerous and where people or vessels may disappear.
  2. An area of the Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes have disappeared under allegedly mysterious circumstances.
  3. Synonym of devil's threesome.
    rare
  4. A set of three things considered dangerous.
  5. A similar area in the Pacific Ocean.

Examples

“And on the off-chance you're in a "Devil's Triangle" (two dudes, one girl): NO, NO, NO, NO, I HATE THIS, I HATE THIS, IHATETHISIHATETHISNONONONONONONONO. I'm sorry.”
“'Devil's Triangle' is a Three way fuck with a cock in all of her orifices”
“Kavanaugh should have used his outdoor face, leaving his indoor shouty face for floozies in Devil's Triangles, Renate at parties, his scared wife and his agent.”
“LMFAO This is Y-U-G-E-L-Y gay, and yet further proof that Trump The Hump is a treasonous, commie-loving homo. I'm sure that he, Kim and his number one commie boyfriend Vlad have already engaged in at least several 'Devil's Triangles' involving a Y-U-G-E amount of "boofing." By the way, the fat, orange-dyed blob said this to a crowd in West Virginia. How appropriate, because those Oxy addicts love their backwoods anal sex. Squeal like a pig. Yay!”
“"I say most emphatically that the Seydisehir, Iskenderun, TARIS events, which smell of intrigue, the executions without trial in Zeytinburnu, Malatya, Mardin, the skilful plots in the youth and labour sectors and in the East are a devil's triangle."”
“"Perhaps all the guilt lies in this devil's triangle, the Balkans, where they are always out to get you."”
“With this last incident we have exhausted Berlitz's proofs of a "devil's triangle disaster." As superficial as these events may seem individually, taken as a whole the picture is even more astonishing: 75 percent of the incidents did not even occur ...”
“The passengers still on board were keen to watch as Tessa's crew scrambled for their positions, and she heard jokes about icebergs and devil's triangles, and anxious childish queries answered by soothing adult tones.”
“... failures and the more mysterious—UFOs, witchcraft, devil's triangles, supernatural and other inexhaustible subjects, such as sleeping (pun intended).”
“... a remarkable modernity. But the crux of this devil's triangle was slavery, a form of labour which gradually became stigmatized in Western Europe; if not perceived as economically obsolete, it was increasingly deemed morally reprehensible.”
“Like the underfunded academics, the highway-devouring lecturers, Chinese economic migrants shuttled around a devil's triangle: Manchester's Chinatown restaurants to Liverpool to Morecambe. Always in sealed vans or met at the bus station […]”
“The two major oil crises the world suffered during the 1970s, the relatively long economic stagnation in the advanced world, and the devil's triangle of high inflation, deep unemployment, and balance of payments pressure which bedevils most […]”
“The most pathetic things were the tiny ones, barely balanced, almost drowning in that devil's triangle of hard kitsch, classic tristesse, and real confession: Solitary Confinement, a small hut on a hill, and For Charlie Parker, a bird looking into the ...”
“Activation of this "devil's triangle" may be the core of the pathophysiological process of PQ toxicity (4, 6). Furthermore, PQ itself, ROS and peroxynitrite induce intracellular transcription factors such as nuclear factor (NF)-kB and activator protein- ...”
“High levels of NO with excess O₂- and high levels o ONOO⁻ are referred to as a devil's triangle. Melatonin is currently the only antioxidant that is able to combat all aspects this devil's triangle (Korkmaz et al. 2009).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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