camouflet
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French camouflet.
Noun
[edit]camouflet (plural camouflets)
- (military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
French
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]camouflet m (plural camouflets)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: camouflet
Further reading
[edit]- “camouflet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.