Meanings
nounexploding harpoon (plural exploding harpoons)
plural exploding harpoons
- A large, heavy, harpoon armed with explosives in the head, used in whaling to strike and fatally wound cetaceans.
Synonyms: explosive harpoon, whaling harpoon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large, heavy, harpoon armed with explosives in the head, used in whaling to strike and fatally wound cetaceans.
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