M-80
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“It’s maybe an M-80 or a cherry bomb, but the explosion wasn’t just like a firecracker or an M-80, it actually had some pyrotechnics to it, so it was fairly large.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023
Motel Guest Patrick Gillespie of Chicago thought an M-80 grenade had exploded.
From Time Magazine Archive
Part of an order of 12 million M-80 firecrackers, used by the Army to condition troops to noise, had taken on moisture and had to be warmed by the tunnel's fluorescent light.
From Time Magazine Archive
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