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BANGALORE TORPEDO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bangalore torpedo mean?
• BANGALORE TORPEDO (noun)
The noun BANGALORE TORPEDO has 1 sense:
1. a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire
Familiarity information: BANGALORE TORPEDO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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