bazooka
noun
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.
bazookas
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pluralof bazooka.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They usually carry bazookas, Kalashnikov rifles and machine guns, and arrive in Toyota pickup trucks.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
"We know the bandits have all those bazookas, rocket launchers… We didn't believe they have the technical know-how and capacity to use them," retired security official Mike Ejiofor told the Vanguard newspaper.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2021
“The Fed went from bazookas that had mostly run out of ammo and skipped helicopters and went straight to the B-52s carpet bombing tons of cash on the financial markets and the economy,” Yardeni said.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2020
When he joined the BOE’s rate-setting committee in 2006, he said, opportunities for linguistic ingenuity were scarce, “so bazookas or sledgehammers weren’t on the table.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2016
The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd—like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
