Anti-personnel
Definition
Designed, manufactured, or structurally used to neutralize, injure, or destroy the enemy's living force, meaning soldiers and combat personnel on the ground. In tactical and weaponry terminology, it describes mines, grenades, or special projectiles engineered to scatter shrapnel over a wide radius, as opposed to weapons intended for destroying armored vehicles or buildings.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Anti-personnel
- Antipersonnel
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective with standard masculine, feminine, and regular plural variations. |
| Formation | Derived adjective formed by adding the prefix 'anti-' to the base military/administrative noun 'personal'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [an.ti.per.so.ˈnal] |
| Source | Encyclopedia of Modern Warfare and Weapon Systems Engineering |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Tratatul internațional interzice utilizarea și stocarea de mine antipersonal din cauza riscurilor enorme pentru civili.
EN: The international treaty bans the use and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines due to the enormous risks to civilians.
RO: Garnizoana a fost echipată cu proiectile de tip antipersonal pentru a respinge un asalt masiv al infanteriei.
EN: The garrison was equipped with anti-personnel type projectiles to repel a massive infantry assault.
RO: Gropile de apărare erau protejate de un gard de sârmă ghimpată și un dispozitiv antipersonal controlat de la distanță.
EN: The defensive trenches were protected by a barbed wire fence and a remotely controlled anti-personnel device.
Idioms & Phrases
Mină antipersonal / Anti-personnel mine
RO: Dispozitiv exploziv ascuns în sol, proiectat să se declanșeze la presiunea pasului uman.
EN: An explosive device hidden in the ground, designed to detonate under the pressure of a human footstep.
Armament antipersonal / Anti-personnel weaponry
RO: Categorie de arme ușoare sau muniție specială utilizată exclusiv împotriva trupelor terestre neprotejate.
EN: A category of light weapons or special ammunition used exclusively against unprotected ground troops.
Proiectil antipersonal / Anti-personnel shrapnel
RO: Muniție de artilerie care explodează în aer, eliberând sute de bile metalice pentru a mătura o zonă de infanterie.
EN: Artillery ammunition that explodes in mid-air, releasing hundreds of metallic balls to sweep an infantry area.
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