antipersonnel

 [an-tee-pur-suh-nel, an-tahy-]  

an·ti·per·son·nel

   [an-tee-pur-suh-nel, an-tahy-]
adjective Military.
used against enemy personnel rather than against mechanized vehicles, matériel, etc.: antipersonnel bombs.
Origin:
1935–40; anti- + personnel
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Antipersonnel has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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antipersonnel (ˌæntɪˌpɜːsəˈnɛl)
 
—adj
AP (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences

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