PETARD

Petard

A petard was a small bomb used to blow up gates and walls when breaching fortifications, of French origin and dating back to the sixteenth century. A typical petard was a conical or rectangular metal object containing 2–3 kg of gunpowder, with a slow match as a fuse.

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petard

Noun

  1. A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to blow a hole in a door or wall.
  2. Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
  3. A loud firecracker.

Verb

  1. To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.


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