"barrack buster" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: barrack busters [plural]
Etymology: From their use against British army and RUC barracks. Head templates: {{en-noun}} barrack buster (plural barrack busters)
  1. Any of several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
    Sense id: en-barrack_buster-en-noun--07cf4oY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Artillery

Inflected forms

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