antipersonnel

[ US /ˌæntipɝsəˈnɛɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction
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  • Français · Cambodge: Réactions des blogueurs au concours "Miss mine antipersonnel Global Voices in English » Cambodia: Miss Landmine Pageant Raises Questions
  • Some ask how the US can join when it is at war in Afghanistan and Iraq, but both those nations are members of the treaty and are already obliged to reject any use of antipersonnel mines.
  • It was pointed out to Imdadullah that it is also written in the Koran that to kill one person is as if to kill the whole of humanity, and that the holy book also admonishes warriors not to kill civilians, which he would undoubtedly have done as his explosive vest—heavy with ball bearings and nails—was designed to be a devastating antipersonnel device. The Longest War
  • It fired a guided antitank missile in addition to conventional tank rounds and a special antipersonnel round containing thousands of tiny dartlike flechettes.
  • As Gideon had learned, some antipersonnel mines explode not when you step on them, but when you step off them. Gideon’s war
  • It is fitting that New Zealand ratify the Convention today alongside Belgium as both governments have impressive track records when it comes to cooperating and leading efforts to prevent civilian harm from weapons such as antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions," said Wareham. ScreenTalk
  • I just fedexed bambi's mom a kevlar vest and some antipersonnel mines. HappeeEEE, Happy Birthday!
  • This definition includes "all explosive ordnance designed to explode at some point in time after dispersal or release from the parent cluster munition, as well as munitions that are sometimes referred to as bomblets (e.g. from air-dropped cluster munitions), grenades (e.g. from ground-launched artillery, rocket or missile systems) and 'improved conventional munitions'." end of a conflict, and are more lethal than antipersonnel mines as they are more likely to cause death than injury when they explode. IRIN
  • The wide area antipersonnel mine was a flanged metal sphere with tripwires spread by springs.
  • Q Well, until you redefine these formerly called antipersonnel mines as something else, those are the only mines that the military uses now that are smart, antipersonnel mines. Robert Bell Press Briefing On Land Mines
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