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anti-personnel

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h2énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English personnel English anti-personnel From anti- + personnel.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 反人員 /反人员 (fǎnrényuán) — intended to harm people
  • Georgian: ქვეითსაწინააღმდეგო (kveitsac̣inaaɣmdego) — intended to harm people
  • Georgian: ცოცხალი ძალის საწინააღმდეგო (cocxali ʒalis sac̣inaaɣmdego) — intended to harm people
  • Georgian: ცოცხალი ძალის დასაზიანებელი (cocxali ʒalis dasazianebeli) — intended to harm people
  • Japanese: 対人 (taijin) — intended to harm people
  • Korean: 대인 (daein) — intended to harm people
  • Korean: 인명 살상용 (inmyeong salsang'yong) — intended to harm people
  • Portuguese: antipessoal — intended to harm people
  • Russian: противопехо́тный (protivopexótnyj) — intended to harm people
Real reading context

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