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bazooka Definition

☆ ba·zooka (bə zo̵̅o̅′kə)

noun

a portable weapon of metal tubing, for aiming and launching armor-piercing rockets

Etymology: extension of bazoo: name applied by Bob Burns (1896-1956), U.S. comedian, to a comic musical horn made of two gas pipes and a whiskey funnel

bazooka Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • fire: Word of advice: Don't fire a bazooka off in a crowded room.
  • use: The attackers had to use bazookas to take out the Egyptian anti-tank positions.

Adjective modifier

    Modifies a noun

    • team: You'll also be able to lead a fire team throughout the entire Normandy campaign, including for the first time a bazooka team.
    • unit: After the same machine gun nest has wiped out your bazooka unit three times in a row, this can niggle.

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