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PETARD
petard
(noun) an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
petard (plural petards)
(historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
(now rare) A loud firecracker.
Verb
petard (third-person singular simple present petards, present participle petarding, simple past and past participle petarded)
(now rare, archaic) To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.
Anagrams
• depart, detrap, drapet, parted, prated, rapted, tarped, traped
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*tard", n. Etym: [F. pétard, fr. péter to break wind, to crack, to explode, L. pedere, peditum.] (Mil.)
Definition: A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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