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quicksand
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1
deep
wet
sand
that
sucks
in anyone trying to walk
across
it, or an
area
of
sand
like this:
Examples:
It took 50 rescuers two
hours
to free a
runner
who got
stuck
in quicksand.
Surveys
had
failed
to
reveal
stretches
of quicksand and
deep
clay
.
The
bay
has some of the world's most
dangerous
quicksands .
2
a
situation
,
especially
one that is
unpleasant
to deal with, that is very
difficult
for someone to get out of:
Examples:
The
country
had
managed
to
extract
itself from the quicksand at last.
I
seemed
to be floundering
deeper
and
deeper
into the most
lethal
of
social
quicksands .
3
a
mass
of
wet
sand
into which people and
objects
can
sink
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