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Claymore Mine
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Claymore Mine
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1.
a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
2.
a US type of antipersonnel mine
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Claymore Mine
see synonyms of claymore mine noun
1.
a large, two-edged broadsword formerly used by Scottish Highlanders
2.
a broadsword with a basket hilt worn by Scottish regiments
3. [also C-]
an antipersonnel mine that scatters shrapnel in a particular, often fan-shaped, area when it explodes
: also claymore mineWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Claymore Mine
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A lens-shaped, ground-emplaced antipersonnel mine whose blast is focused in the direction of the oncoming enemy.
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