petard.
A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
Meaning & usage
A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
A loud firecracker.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French petard; see Modern French pétard (“firecracker”).
To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a petard.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French petarder (Modern French pétarder), from petard + -er (suffix forming verbs).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.