bazooka

[ buh-zoo-kuh ]

/ bəˈzu kə /

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noun Military.

a tube-shaped, portable rocket launcher that fires a rocket capable of penetrating several inches of armor plate, as of a tank or other armored military vehicle.

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Origin of bazooka

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; from its resemblance to a musical instrument so named, invented and played by comedian Bob Burns in the 1930s and 1940s

Words nearby bazooka

Bazatha, Bazin, Bazin's disease, Baziotes, bazoo, bazooka, BB, B.B.A., b-ball, B battery, BBB

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How to use bazooka in a sentence

Now astrophysicists have used another extreme machine to discover a natural electron bazooka that makes SLAC look like a pea shooter.
The Crab Nebula’s electron launcher is so powerful, it almost shouldn’t exist|Monroe Hammond|July 9, 2021|Popular-Science
The expectant dad walks into the backyard carrying a live chicken and a bazooka.
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Once he hits eight, we can head on over to Bullets & Burgers, and who knows, maybe they'll let him strap on a bazooka.
9-Year Old With an Uzi? America Is Tougher on Toys Than Guns|Cliff Schecter|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With literal fidelity, the band members perform with an AK-47 and a bazooka strapped onto their shoulders.
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A WWII re-enactor is brought into the hospital when a homemade bazooka backfires and leaves an unexploded grenade in his abdomen.
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If they were, then we could all run out and purchase a tank, a grenade launcher, a bazooka, a SCUD missile and a nuclear warhead.
Zimmerman Verdict: Actor Jason Alexander Says We Should Blame the Gun|Laura Colarusso|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But with that noble exception, the foreign-policy establishment of the town went bazooka.
In Praise of Barbara Lee|Michael Tomasky|May 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The bazooka-shells, like small rocket-missiles, sped through the short distance.
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster
It was the eighth missile from the bazooka which ended the battle.
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster
The cab started with a cough and a roar, and shot out of the terminal like a bazooka shell.
Charley de Milo|Laurence Mark Janifer AKA Larry M. Harris
"Bazooka shells ought to discourage anything," Davis said in an icy voice.
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster
Simultaneously, the bazooka-missiles hit their target and flung living, incandescent flame deep into the creature's body.
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for bazooka

bazooka

/ (bəˈzuːkə) /

noun

a portable tubular rocket-launcher that fires a projectile capable of piercing armour: used by infantrymen as a short-range antitank weapon

Word Origin for bazooka

C20: named after a pipe instrument invented by Bob Burns (1896–1956), American comedian

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