OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 62353

dragon's teeth

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dientes de dragón
Square-pyramidal fortifications of reinforced concrete to impede the movement of tanks and mechanised infantry.
Experiments showed that twenty-five to fifty pounds of explosives often was needed to break a single dragon's tooth, and large pillboxes required half a ton.
“Dragon’s teeth have likely been installed between Mariupol and Nikolske village; and from northern Mariupol to Staryi Krym village. […] Dragon’s teeth have additionally been sent…
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