barrack buster

noun

Any of several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army

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Meanings

nounbarrack buster (plural barrack busters)

plural barrack busters

  1. Any of several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army

Origin

From their use against British army and RUC barracks.

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