Deathtrap

Any structure, edifice or device which imperils life; as a theater or other public building devoid of fire escapes, a mine without adequate means of exit, . Death Valley. (Geog.) A narrow valley in California, between the Panamint and Funeral Mountains, so called because a party of emigrants perished there in 1849. The central level is covered with salt and lies 300 or 400 feet below sea level. It is traversed by the A margosa river, a usually dry channel, though probably at times occupied by deep floods. The salt of the valley is supposed to have been brought by such torrents from the surrounding desert, and left on evaporation of the water. D. V. is considered the hottest and dryest place in the U. S. A temperature of 122° F. has been observed there. Debel', v. a. To drive out; to conquer; to expel from a territory. (Rare.)