petard

petard englannista suomeksi

1. ruutimiina, petardi

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petard englanniksi

1. A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.

2. (RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet Q1-2)|translation=For it's amusing to have the engineer / Hoisted into the sky with his own explosive, and if I'm lucky / I will dig one yard below their mines, / And blow them towards the Moon: (..)

3. (RQ:Smollett Peregrine Pickle)|page=49|column=1|passage=... Pipes, who acted as the enemy's forlorn hope, advanced to the gate with great intrepidity, and clapping his foot to the door, which was none of the ſtouteſt, with the execution and diſpatch of a petard, ſplit it into a thouſand pieces.

4. Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.

5. A loud firecracker.

6. To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.

7. (RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes) a gate, to force a religious house, or any villanous act, before he attempt it praieth to God for his assistance, though his intents and hopes be full-fraught with crueltie, murther, covetise, luxurie, sacrilege, and all iniquitie.

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9. a petard (small bomb)

10. a petard (firecracker)