bazooka
19
7.0
- noun
- /bəˈzuːkə/
- Specialized
:
bazuca
- In the movie, the hero uses a bazooka to destroy the armored vehicle chasing him.
- bazooka rounds
- fire the bazooka
- bazooka-type weapon
I'm going to make you a giant big bazooka to fight in the arena.
- I'm going to make you a giant big bazooka to fight in the arena.
- No, I think you fire a bazooka at a Don't even get me started.
Examples
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Give me the bazooka.
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Well, this wasn't a gun; it was a bazooka, and it was pressed dead blank right against my dome.
Fiction book (2000) -
Lieutenant, redeploy that bazooka to the right side of the road.
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The recoil from the bazooka throws him backwards.
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A tank wasn't worth the metal it was built out of; you just blew it up with a bazooka or another tank.
Fiction book (1991) -
Use the bazooka!
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She had imagined firing a bazooka at the Syrians, blowing them all up at once.
Fiction book (1998) -
Under the man's left arm was a long package that Hammond surmised to be either a bazooka or some kind of blowtorch.
Fiction book (1994) -
The soldier aimed the bazooka at the enemy tank and fired with precision.
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During the training exercise, each infantryman was taught how to operate a bazooka effectively.
How Powerful
- Specialized
16
4.8
- Specialized
19
7.0
525
3.2
187
4.6
27
3.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bazooka comes from a funny, homemade tube instrument made in the 1920s by American comedian Bob Burns, who called his horn a bazooka and used the related word bazoo, slang for 'mouth' or 'trumpet'. Soldiers later named the rocket launcher a bazooka because the long tube looked like that musical instrument, so the name stuck.