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antipersona

anti-personnel

adjective ahn-tee-pehr-SOH-nah Rare

Usage Note

Antipersona is invariable — it does not change for gender or number: mina antipersona, minas antipersona (anti-personnel mine, mines). It appears almost exclusively in military, humanitarian, and treaty contexts, notably in discussion of the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. The fuller form antipersonal is also used.

Examples

"Las minas antipersona están prohibidas por un tratado."

Natural Translation

Anti-personnel mines are banned by a treaty.

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