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- noun Plural form of
penetrator .
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Examples
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"In each of these holes, they fit special valves called penetrators," he said, each costing anywhere from $30,000 to $1.1 million.
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500 S&W Magnum with 440 grain penetrators. (hey, it dropped an elephant with one shot.) 0 Good Comment?
Hunting T-Rex? 2006
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Citing the testimony of detainees, a captured militant's diary and numerous uncovered weapons caches, among other intelligence, the field reports recount Iran's role in providing Iraqi militia fighters with rockets, magnetic bombs that can be attached to the underside of cars, "explosively formed penetrators," or E. F.P.'s, which are the most lethal type of roadside bomb in Iraq, and other weapons.
WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs: US Troops Abused Prisoners Years After Abu Ghraib Marcus Baram 2010
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They also detail discoveries of large amounts of Iranian-supplied weapons, including the most powerful roadside bombs called explosively formed penetrators, which can destroy armored vehicles, and rockets that can take down helicopters.
WikiLeaks Releases 400,000 Classified US Military Files 2010
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The militants then return to Iraq to teach comrades how to fire rockets and mortars, fight as snipers or assemble explosively formed penetrators, a particularly lethal type of roadside bomb made of Iranian components, according to American officials.
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Citing the testimony of detainees, a captured militant's diary and numerous uncovered weapons caches, among other intelligence, the field reports recount Iran's role in providing Iraqi militia fighters with rockets, magnetic bombs that can be attached to the underside of cars, "explosively formed penetrators," or E. F.P.'s, which are the most lethal type of roadside bomb in Iraq, and other weapons.
WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs: US Troops Abused Prisoners Years After Abu Ghraib Marcus Baram 2010
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They also detail discoveries of large amounts of Iranian-supplied weapons, including the most powerful roadside bombs called explosively formed penetrators, which can destroy armored vehicles, and rockets that can take down helicopters.
WikiLeaks Releases 400,000 Classified US Military Files 2010
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Citing the testimony of detainees, a captured militant's diary and numerous uncovered weapons caches, among other intelligence, the field reports recount Iran's role in providing Iraqi militia fighters with rockets, magnetic bombs that can be attached to the underside of cars, "explosively formed penetrators," or E. F.P.'s, which are the most lethal type of roadside bomb in Iraq, and other weapons.
WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs: US Troops Abused Prisoners Years After Abu Ghraib Marcus Baram 2010
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They also detail discoveries of large amounts of Iranian-supplied weapons, including the most powerful roadside bombs called explosively formed penetrators, which can destroy armored vehicles, and rockets that can take down helicopters.
WikiLeaks Releases 400,000 Classified US Military Files 2010
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Citing the testimony of detainees, a captured militant's diary and numerous uncovered weapons caches, among other intelligence, the field reports recount Iran's role in providing Iraqi militia fighters with rockets, magnetic bombs that can be attached to the underside of cars, "explosively formed penetrators," or E. F.P.'s, which are the most lethal type of roadside bomb in Iraq, and other weapons.
WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs: US Troops Abused Prisoners Years After Abu Ghraib Marcus Baram 2010
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