| 单词 | sound curdler |
| 释义 | > as lemmassound curdler b. (The name of) an electronic device capable of emitting loud and sustained sounds over a wide area and designed for use in crowd control, psychological warfare, or as a non-lethal weapon. Also more fully sound curdler.Such devices are typically configured to emit sounds designed to cause pain or discomfort, or thought to be unsettling or disturbing. ΚΠ 1965 Electronics World June 88/2 The unit is available with electronic siren, general-quarters alarm, and ‘people repeller’, or curdler for riot control. 1996 Daily Tel. 25 June 3/5 I have seen a reference to a device called a curdler used by the Army for riot control in Northern Ireland. 2003 Guardian 16 May b10/3 The panic-inducing effects of noise were experimented with in Vietnam using Sound Curdlers. 2017 N. Spinrad People's Police ii. 22 One driving the speeding airboat, one standing up beside him waving a pistol, the third at some kind of long-snouted curdler mounted on a swiveling pedestal. < as lemmas |
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