BANGALORE TORPEDO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bangalore torpedo" is a kind of...):

torpedo (armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target)

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