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antipersonnel

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an⋅ti⋅per⋅son⋅nel

  [an-tee-pur-suh-nel, an-tahy-]
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–adjective Military.
used against enemy personnel rather than against mechanized vehicles, matériel, etc.: antipersonnel bombs.
Origin:
1935–40; anti- + personnel
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an·ti·per·son·nel   (ān'tē-pûr'sə-něl', ān'tī-)   
adj.   Abbr. AP
Designed to inflict death or bodily injury rather than material destruction: antipersonnel grenades.
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