anti-personnel bomb

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Definition

Noun: A type of explosive weapon specifically designed to inflict injury or death primarily to people, rather than to damage structures or vehicles. Its destructive effect comes from its casing, which fragments into many small, high-velocity pieces upon detonation.

Usage

The term is used to describe a class of munitions in military and defense contexts. It emphasizes the weapon's intended target—personnel (soldiers, combatants, or people).

Examples: * The treaty sought to ban the use of anti-personnel bombs and landmines in warfare. * The military deployed anti-personnel bombs to target the enemy infantry advancing across the field. * Clearing areas of unexploded anti-personnel bombs is dangerous work for humanitarian teams.

Advanced Usage
  • The term is often associated with discussions on the laws of armed conflict and humanitarian disarmament, due to the weapon's indiscriminate or long-lasting effects on civilian populations.
  • It can be used metaphorically in non-military contexts to describe a strategy or action intended to harm individuals within a group, though this is less common.
    • The politician's speech was like an anti-personnel bomb, designed to attack his rivals' characters directly.
Variants and Related Words
  • Anti-personnel mine: A related but distinct weapon designed to explode from the proximity or contact of a person.
  • Fragmentation bomb: A more technical term that describes the same mechanism of injury through casing fragments.
  • Cluster munition: A weapon that disperses multiple submunitions, many of which function as anti-personnel bombs.
Synonyms
  • Fragmentation bomb
  • Personnel bomb (less common)
Related Phrases
  • Anti-personnel weapon: A broader category that includes bombs, mines, and other devices designed to target people.
  • Area denial weapon: A weapon, like some anti-personnel bombs, used to restrict the enemy's movement through a specific area.
Noun
  1. a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles

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