antipersonnel

[ an-tee-pur-suh-nel, an-tahy- ]

adjective

, Military.

1. used against enemy personnel rather than against mechanized vehicles, matériel, etc.:

   antipersonnel bombs.

antipersonnel

/ ˌæntɪˌpɜːsəˈnɛl /

adjective

1. (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences AP

Word History and Origins

Origin of antipersonnel¹

First recorded in 1935–40; anti- + personnel

Example Sentences

It was their antipersonnel sound-cannon, which meant that Lester was around here somewhere.

From Project Gutenberg

Hilda was in the slam in Madison, and who the hell knew what the antipersonnel stuff the Madison cops used had done to her.

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