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单词 Bangalore torpedo
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Definition of Bangalore torpedo in English:

Bangalore torpedo

noun
  • A tube containing explosive used by infantry for blowing up wire entanglements or other barriers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My job, as a demolitions expert, was to take Bangalore torpedoes and satchel charges to blow up the caves where the Japanese had hunkered down.
    • Once the Bangalore torpedoes did their job of removing the barbed wire obstacles, the enemy broke contact and ran.
    • Once we tried to use Bangalore torpedoes to clear a path into an enemy hideout.
    • Instead, they'd take the building down, with Bangalore torpedoes and satchel charges (weapons once used to take out bunkers at Normandy on D-Day).
    • Lt. Dillon put three Bangalore torpedoes together and blew a hole big enough to drive a truck through.
    • A Bangalore torpedo is a long metal tube filled with dynamite.
    • Then came a small number of the diversion party, then thirty men of ‘B’ Company with some Bangalore torpedoes.
    • The original Bangalore torpedo was designed in 1912 by Captain McClintock, an engineer who worked for Bengal, Bombay and Madras Sappers and Miners.
    • He was quoted in the Kuwaiti newspaper Alzaman on 20 June 2002 as saying: ‘At least 40 children in Rafah lost their arms from the throwing of Bangalore torpedoes [pipe bombs].’
    • Because of their explosive characteristics, Bangalore torpedoes were the most successful conventional means in effecting complete destruction.
    • The Bangalore torpedo was a weapon invented by the British that was used for blowing up land mines or clearing barbed wire.
    • The saboteurs would break through fences by using bolt cutters or Bangalore torpedoes, pipe-shaped explosives developed by the British army in India nearly a century ago.
    • It's not easy being a combat engineer - - especially if you're lugging a Bangalore torpedo trying to clear minefields.
    • Two Bangalore torpedoes were placed in position and fired at 11.10, but the one opposite 27 Bay failed to explode.
    • When searching a heavily booby trapped area that does not have a clearly defined boundary, Bangalore torpedoes may be used to cut random cleared lanes into the area.
    • In keeping with its origins as a manufacturer of explosives, it produces three types of demolition charges and a series of detonators and Bangalore torpedoes.
 
 

Definition of Bangalore torpedo in US English:

Bangalore torpedo

(also bangalore torpedo)
noun
  • A tube containing explosives used by infantry for blowing up barriers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Bangalore torpedo was a weapon invented by the British that was used for blowing up land mines or clearing barbed wire.
    • A Bangalore torpedo is a long metal tube filled with dynamite.
    • Once we tried to use Bangalore torpedoes to clear a path into an enemy hideout.
    • My job, as a demolitions expert, was to take Bangalore torpedoes and satchel charges to blow up the caves where the Japanese had hunkered down.
    • The saboteurs would break through fences by using bolt cutters or Bangalore torpedoes, pipe-shaped explosives developed by the British army in India nearly a century ago.
    • When searching a heavily booby trapped area that does not have a clearly defined boundary, Bangalore torpedoes may be used to cut random cleared lanes into the area.
    • Then came a small number of the diversion party, then thirty men of ‘B’ Company with some Bangalore torpedoes.
    • It's not easy being a combat engineer - - especially if you're lugging a Bangalore torpedo trying to clear minefields.
    • In keeping with its origins as a manufacturer of explosives, it produces three types of demolition charges and a series of detonators and Bangalore torpedoes.
    • He was quoted in the Kuwaiti newspaper Alzaman on 20 June 2002 as saying: ‘At least 40 children in Rafah lost their arms from the throwing of Bangalore torpedoes [pipe bombs].’
    • The original Bangalore torpedo was designed in 1912 by Captain McClintock, an engineer who worked for Bengal, Bombay and Madras Sappers and Miners.
    • Lt. Dillon put three Bangalore torpedoes together and blew a hole big enough to drive a truck through.
    • Two Bangalore torpedoes were placed in position and fired at 11.10, but the one opposite 27 Bay failed to explode.
    • Because of their explosive characteristics, Bangalore torpedoes were the most successful conventional means in effecting complete destruction.
    • Once the Bangalore torpedoes did their job of removing the barbed wire obstacles, the enemy broke contact and ran.
    • Instead, they'd take the building down, with Bangalore torpedoes and satchel charges (weapons once used to take out bunkers at Normandy on D-Day).
 
 
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