Synonyms for quicksand
ˈkwɪkˌsændquick·sand

Princeton's WordNet

1. quicksandnoun

   a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

2. quicksandnoun

   a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

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1. quicksandnoun

   Synonyms:
   syrtis

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1. Hannah More:

   Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.

2. Richard Feynman:

   The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity and until they do (and find the cure) all ideal plans will fall into quicksand.

3. Barry Schwartz:

   The only way to get out of this muck, out of this quicksand the market's in, is to have a few good days in a row.

4. Art Buchwald:

   I worship the quicksand he walks in.

5. Susan Hough:

   If the sand is water-saturated, as I imagine it is in many places in India, it can start to behave like a liquid. Liquefaction has a couple of consequences for shaking : some of the potentially damaging shaking gets absorbed, which can be a good thing, but if the ground beneath a structure starts behaving like a liquid, the structure no longer has a solid foundation. It's like it's sitting on quicksand. Even a well-built building can just tip over.