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Meaning of "armour-piercing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ARMOUR-PIERCING

armour-piercing  [ˈɑːməˌpɪəsɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARMOUR-PIERCING

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Armour-Piercing is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ARMOUR-PIERCING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

armour-piercing

Armor-piercing shot and shell

An armor-piercing shell is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate armor. From the 1860s to 1950s, a major application of armor-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armor carried on many warships. From the 1920s onwards, armor-piercing weapons were required for anti-tank missions. "Shot" and "shell" are typically used to denote an artillery projectile, and are used to defeat heavily armored tagets such as tanks, bunkers and armored warships. Projectiles smaller than 20mm are typically known as "armor-piercing ammunition", and are intended for lightly-armored targets such as body armor, Bulletproof glass and other protection, or for use as an anti-matériel round. An armor-piercing shell must withstand the shock of punching through armor plating. Shells designed for this purpose have a greatly strengthened case with a specially hardened and shaped nose, and a much smaller bursting charge. Some smaller-caliber AP shells have an inert filling, or incendiary charge in place of the HE bursting charge.

Definition of armour-piercing in the English dictionary

The definition of armour-piercing in the dictionary is capable of penetrating armour plate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARMOUR-PIERCING


aliasing
ˈeɪlɪəsɪŋ
canvassing
ˈkænvəsɪŋ
caucussing
ˈkɔːkəsɪŋ
ear-piercing
ɪə ˈpɪəsɪŋ
embarrassing
ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ
focussing
ˈfəʊkəsɪŋ
hocus-pocussing
ˌhəʊkəsˈpəʊkəsɪŋ
hocussing
ˈhəʊkəsɪŋ
piercing
ˈpɪəsɪŋ
terracing
ˈtɛrəsɪŋ
unbiassing
ʌnˈbaɪəsɪŋ
untrespassing
ʌnˈtrɛspəsɪŋ
waitressing
ˈweɪtrəsɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARMOUR-PIERCING

armories
armorist
armorless
armory
armour
armour plate
armour-bearer
armour-clad
armour-plated
armour-plating
armoured
armoured car
armoured personnel carrier
armourer
armouries
armourless
armoury
armozeen

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARMOUR-PIERCING

balancing
body piercing
bouncing
convincing
ear piercing
facing
fencing
financing
homesourcing
horse racing
insourcing
outsourcing
placing
pricing
racing
resourcing
servicing
sourcing
spacing
tracing

Synonyms and antonyms of armour-piercing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «armour-piercing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARMOUR-PIERCING

Find out the translation of armour-piercing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of armour-piercing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «armour-piercing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

穿甲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perforante
570 millions of speakers

English

armour-piercing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ़ौलादतोड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خارقة للدروع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бронебойно-
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perfurante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্ম-তীক্ষ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anti-blindage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menindik perisai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

panzerbrech
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

徹甲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

갑옷 피어싱
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Waja-piercing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giáp xuyên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவசங்களைப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिलखत-छेदन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zırh delici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

- perforante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pocisk przeciwpancerny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бронебійно-
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- armura piercing
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διατρητικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pantserdoorborend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pansarbrytande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

panserbryt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of armour-piercing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARMOUR-PIERCING»

The term «armour-piercing» is normally little used and occupies the 112.275 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARMOUR-PIERCING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about armour-piercing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARMOUR-PIERCING»

Discover the use of armour-piercing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to armour-piercing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the ...
One edge of the 'zone' is defined by the maximum range at which her side can be penetrated by armour-piercing shells. The other edge of the 'zone' is defined by the minimum range at which her deck can be penetrated. Pre- World War I ...
Norman Friedman, 2013
2
Forensic Ballistics in Court: Interpretation and ...
United Kingdom (prior to formation of NATO in 1955) Primer annulus Purple Green Red Blue Yellow Black USA NATO countries Ball or Practice Armour Piercing Tracer Incendiary Proof (a special high pressure cartridge) Observation  ...
Brian J. Heard, 2013
3
Warship
Five were CPC (common piercing, capped), filled with either powder or shellite, ten were APC (armour piercing, capped) 70/30 shellite-filled, and the remaining two were SAPC (semi-armour piercing, capped), also with 70/30 shellite. A mix of  ...
Antony Preston, John Jordan, Stephen Dent, 2007
4
British Armour in the Normandy Campaign
... Royal Artillery Army Operational Research Group Armour Piercing Armour Piercing Capped Armour Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Cap Armour Piercing, Composite, Rigid Armour Piercing, Discarding Sabot Anti-tank Army Training Instruction ...
John Buckley, 2004
5
Firearms, the Law, and Forensic Ballistics, Second Edition
... the stress concentration in the skin. 7.4 Armour-Piercing Ammunition Military armour-piercing bullets, which are frequently also of an incendiary loading, usually employ hardened steel, hard tungsten alloy or tungsten carbide pointed cores.
Tom Warlow, 2004
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Ballistics 2013: 27th International Symposium on Ballistics
This is a particular issue with the core of the armour piercing bullet, which is more akin to a flechette than an irregular fragment. Figure 6 displays the kinetic energy of the fragments produced in armour piercing bullet impacts. The most ...
Matthias Wickert, Manfred Salk, 2013
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The Arab Military Option
... AP armour piercing APC armoured personnel carrier APC-T armour piercing capped tracer APDS armour piercing discarding sabot APFSDS armour piercing fin established discarding sabot AP-T armour piercing tracer API armour piercing  ...
Saad Shazly, 1986
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Dictionary of Military Terms
iMi)] adjective capable of penetrating armour, the tank was hit by a /20mm armour -piercing round; armour-piercing discarding-sabot (APDS) = anti-armour projectile consisting of a long-rod penetrator, fitted with a stabilizing mct.il collar ( sabot) ...
Richard Bowyer, 1999
9
Handbook of Firearms and Ballistics: Examining and ...
Examining and Interpreting Forensic Evidence Brian J. Heard. Israel Bullet tip Primer annulus Bullet type None Purple Ball Red Green Tracer Black Green Armourpiercing Black Red Armour piercing/incendiary Blue Green Incendiary NATO ...
Brian J. Heard, 2011
10
Shelldrake: Canadian Artillery Museums and Gun Monuments
Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Armoured Personnel Carrier Armour-Piercing Capped Ballistic Cap Armour-Piercing Composite Rigid Armour-Piercing Composite Non- Rigid Armour-Piercing Discarding-Sabot Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilized ...
Harold A. Skaarup, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARMOUR-PIERCING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term armour-piercing is used in the context of the following news items.
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VIDEO: How many iPhones does it take to stop a bullet?
Just to make the experiment more challenging for the shield of iPhones, the ammunition has some light armour-piercing capabilities. He puts ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
2
Russia's Ural to develop its first 4x4 MRAP
The Taifun-U 4x4 MRAP has the equivalent of NATO Level III STANAG 4569 protection against 7.62 x 54 mm B-32 armour-piercing bullets fired ... «IHS Jane's 360, Jun 15»
3
Russia's T-14 Armata MBT 'has new-gen ERA'
The source said the new armour's resistance to armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding-sabot (APFSDS) rounds was significantly increased in ... «IHS Jane's 360, Jun 15»
4
Kalashnikov unveils its first RWS
It has the equivalent of Level III STANAG 4569 armoured protection against 7.62 x 54 mm armour-piercing bullets fired from the SVD sniper rifle ... «IHS Jane's 360, Jun 15»
5
Horizon: Zero Dawn Eyes-On
... amount of damage, but can paralyze enemies; armour-piercing arrows likewise don't do massive damage, but are good at shredding armour ... «NZGamer.com, Jun 15»
6
Could bacteria help clean sites polluted with nuclear waste?
“There is depleted uranium in a lot of armour-piercing munitions,” he said, “so places like the Middle East that are experiencing war could be ... «Business in Vancouver, Jun 15»
7
Syria: Hezbollah, Syrian Army battle for opposition stronghold …
It took another piece of specialist military hardware to disable the vehicle: A heavy anti-vehicle 0.50 calibre sniper rifle sent an armour-piercing ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
8
Scientists discover bacteria that help with nuclear waste clean-ups
“There is depleted uranium in a lot of armour-piercing munitions,” he said, “so places like the Middle East that are experiencing war could be ... «MINING.com, Jun 15»
9
Man arrested in Lindsay shooting appears in court; Peterborough …
... .357-calibre revolver, .357-calibre body-armour-piercing ammunition in the Scugog River on Friday afternoon. The weapon and ammunition, ... «Peterborough Examiner, Jun 15»
10
German missiles give Peshmerga respite from ISIL truck bombs
... last September, the German army delivered 80 portable Milan launchers, together with at least 10 times as many armour-piercing missiles. «The National, Jun 15»

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