claymore mine

1. 1.

   an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy

   Synonymsclaymore

   Broaderland mine

Questions about claymore mine

What does claymore mine mean?

claymore mine means "an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy".

What is another word for claymore mine?

Close synonyms include claymore. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is claymore mine a common word?

claymore mine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.