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Bangalore torpedo

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A long pipe filled with explosive, which is pushed forwards along the ground and then detonated to clear a path through wire obstacles and minefields.
  2. 2
    a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire wordnet

Etymology

From having been invented by a Royal Engineers captain while stationed in the city of Bangalore in 1912.

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