bangalore torpedo

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ban·ga·lore torpedo

(băng′gə-lôr′)

A piece of metal pipe filled with an explosive, used primarily to clear a path through barbed wire or to detonate land mines.

[After Bangalore.]

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bangalore torpedo

(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an explosive device in a long metal tube, used to blow gaps in barbed-wire barriers

[C20: named after Bangalore, where it was developed]

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Ban′galore torpe′do

a metal tube filled with explosives, used to destroy barbed-wire entanglements or detonate land mines.

[1910]

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

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

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