petard

Speech parts

1. petard - Noun

2. petard - Verb

Meaning

A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bomb explosive device cannon basilisk frame gun artillery mine battery explosive trick torpedo trap ambush snare
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Antonyms

oath benefit assistance resist disagree counteract
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Hypernyms

explosive device

Phrases with the word

hoist with your own petard

Anagrams

depart drapet parted prated detrap

Examples

Most people who get into power in the western world start with great intentions, but slowly they all become entrapped and hung by their own petard. David A. Stewart

I'm always playing these mendacious characters who end up hoisting themselves by their own petard. Maxwell Caulfield

For 'Tis the sport to have the engineer hoisted with his own petard. William Shakespeare

Zuehlke, p. 205 The right section of the strong point was eliminated by antitank guns and combat engineers, while the central antitank gun was silenced by petard shells from the British AVREs. Source: Internet

He returned to the Petard in 1944 as a senior canteen assistant, but died the following year while trying to save his family from a house fire, aged just 19. Source: Internet

Party leader Hoist with this own petard. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

petar's petara petarasite petardeer petardier petarrah