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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

bazooka in warfare, portable, lightweight metal tube from which rockets are launched, usually operated by two men. It is used by infantry as an antitank weapon and also for attacking pillboxes and bunkers. In general, the bazooka is a short-range weapon with low accuracy; however, it gives the individual soldier the means of destroying heavily armored vehicles and fortified positions. An American invention, it was widely used in World War II—first by the Allies and later by the Germans—and in the Korean War by the UN forces. Since then, bazookas have largely been replaced by recoilless weapons and antitank missiles. In modern warfare, the first major use of the rocket as a weapon was in the bazooka. See rocket .

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ba·zoo·ka / bəˈzoōkə/ • n. 1. a short-range tubular rocket launcher used against tanks. 2. a trombonelike type of kazoo.

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

bazooka n. a short-range tubular rocket launcher used against tanks.
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The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | | Copyright

bazooka, see rocket weapons.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bazooka •bazooka, euchre, farruca, lucre, palooka, pooka, rebuker, snooker, Stuka, verruca •babushka •booker, cooker, hookah, hooker, looker, Sukkur •Junker • onlooker • yarmulke •Hanukkah • manuka •chukka (US chukker), ducker, felucca, fucker, mucker, plucker, pucker, pukka, shucker, succour (US succor), sucker, trucker, tucker, yucca •skulker, sulker •bunker, hunker, lunker, punkah, spelunker •busker, tusker •latke • motherfucker • bloodsucker •seersucker • abaca • stomacher •Linacre, spinnaker •massacre •Jataka, Karnataka •Tripitaka • Ithaca •burka, circa, Gurkha, jerker, lurker, mazurka, shirker, smirker, worker •tearjerker • craftworker •metalworker • networker •caseworker • fieldworker •teleworker • shopworker • outworker •homeworker • stoneworker •woodworker

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