claymore mine

claymore mine

noun Military.
an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.

Origin:
1965–70; perhaps after claymore
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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claymore mine

noun
an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy 
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