anti-personnel

See also: antipersonnel

English

Alternative forms

• antipersonnel

Etymology

From anti- +‎ personnel.

Adjective

anti-personnel

1. (military) Referring to devices (typically weapons) intended to harm people in particular.

   An anti-personnel mine will kill a soldier but is ineffective against a tank.

Synonyms

• AP (abbreviation)

Translations

intended to harm people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反人員／反人员 (fǎnrényuán)

• Georgian: ქვეითსაწინააღმდეგო (kveitsac̣inaaɣmdego), ცოცხალი ძალის საწინააღმდეგო (cocxali ʒalis sac̣inaaɣmdego), ცოცხალი ძალის დასაზიანებელი (cocxali ʒalis dasazianebeli)
• Japanese: 対人 (ja) (taijin)
• Korean: 대인(對人) (ko) (daein), 인명 살상용(人命殺傷用) (inmyeong salsang'yong)
• Portuguese: antipessoal
• Russian: противопехо́тный (ru) m (protivopexótnyj)

See also

• armor-piercing / armour-piercing
• anti-tank / antitank
• area-denial