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Definition of: petard
(pi·tärd′) noun
1. An explosive device formerly used for making breaches, etc., as in walls.
2. A small paper bomb used in pyrotechnics to imitate the sound of musketry. [<MF pétard <péter break wind <OF pet a fart <L peditum, orig. pp. neut. of pedere break wind]
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