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petard
(historical) A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
💬 Quotations
For 'tis the sport to have the enginer / Hoist with his own petard; and 't shall go hard / But I will delve one yard below their mines / And blow them at the moon.
Anything potentially explosive, in a non-literal sense.
(rare) A loud firecracker.
(now rare, archaic) To attack or blow a hole in (something) with a small, hat-shaped explosive device.