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anti-personnel

anti-personnel adjective: referring to devices (typically weapons) intended to harm people in particular.

Adjective

anti-personnel

  1. Referring to devices (typically weapons) intended to harm people in particular.
    • An anti-personnel mine will kill a soldier but is ineffective against a tank.
    Synonyms:
    AP

anti-personnel meaning in Tamil

anti-personnel in Tamil

ஆள் தொகுதிக்கு எதிரான

Synonyms of anti-personnel

Forms of anti-personnel

alternative formantipersonnel

Origin of anti-personnel

From anti- + personnel.

Questions about anti-personnel

What does anti-personnel mean?
Anti-personnel means referring to devices (typically weapons) intended to harm people in particular.
What is anti-personnel in Tamil?
Anti-personnel in Tamil is ஆள் தொகுதிக்கு எதிரான. See Anti-personnel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anti-personnel?
Anti-personnel is an adjective.

Words near anti-personnel in the dictionary

  1. anti-patriarchs
  2. anti-pattern
  3. anti-patterns
  4. anti-pegasister
  5. anti-pegasisters
  6. anti-personnel
  7. anti-perspirant
  8. anti-perspirants
  9. anti-Petrarchism
  10. anti-Pindaric
  11. anti-piracy

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