Bangalore Torpedo Definition
bănggə-lôr
noun
A piece of metal pipe filled with an explosive, used primarily to clear a path through barbed wire or to detonate land mines.
American Heritage
A piece of metal tubing filled with a high explosive, used esp. to blast through barbed wire or to detonate buried mines.
Webster's New World
Origin of Bangalore Torpedo
After Bangalore
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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