antipersonal

antipersonnel

adjective ahn-tee-pehr-soh-NAHL Rare

Usage Note

Antipersonal is a military-legal term used almost exclusively in the phrase mina antipersonal (antipersonnel landmine), referring to devices designed to injure or kill people rather than vehicles. It is an invariable adjective: minas antipersonal (not antipersonales in standard use, though both forms appear). The Ottawa Treaty of 1997 banned such mines and drove the word into diplomatic and journalistic frequency.

Examples

"La ONU prohíbe las minas antipersonal."

Natural Translation

The UN bans antipersonnel mines.

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