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Bangalore torpedo

[ bang-guh-lawr tawr-pee-doh ]

noun

  1. a metal tube filled with explosives and equipped with a firing mechanism, especially for destroying barbed-wire entanglements, mine fields, etc.

bangalore torpedo

noun

  1. an explosive device in a long metal tube, used to blow gaps in barbed-wire barriers

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bangalore torpedo1

First recorded in 1910–15

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bangalore torpedo1

C20: named after Bangalore , where it was developed

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