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Quicksand
01
a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
02
a hazardous or difficult situation that is very hard to get out of
Examples
The political scandal became quicksand, entangling everyone involved.
Lexical Tree
quicksand
quick
sand
