petard
/pɪˈtɑːd/ · noun
Meaning
- A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
- Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
- A loud firecracker.
- To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.
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