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Showing words for PETARD using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Petard

depart, drapet, parted, petard, prated, traped

5 Letter Words for Petard

adept, adret, apert, apted, apter, dater, derat, detar, drape, drate, padre, parde, pared, parte, pated, peart, petar, prate, preta, raped, rated, repad, taped, taper, tarde, tared, terap, trade, trape, tread

4 Letter Words for Petard

adet, aped, aper, ared, aret, arte, ated, daer, dare, dart, date, dear, depa, depr, dept, drap, drat, eard, erat, pard, pare, part, patd, pate, pear, peat, peda, pert, peta, prad, prat, pred, pret, rade, rape, rapt, rate, read, reap, rept, retd, tade, taed, tape, tare, tarp, tead, teap, tear, tepa, tera, terp, trad, trap

3 Letter Words for Petard

ade, adp, aer, ape, apr, apt, ard, are, art, ate, atp, dae, dap, dar, dat, dea, dep, der, det, dpt, ead, ear, eat, edp, epa, era, erd, ert, eta, pad, par, pat, pea, ped, per, pet, pre, pta, pte, rad, rap, rat, rea, red, rep, rpt, rte, tad, tap, tar, tdr, tea, ted, ter, tpd, tra, trp

Definitions for Petard

[1] an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
[2] a kind of firecracker.
[3] (initial capital letter ) Also called Flying Dustbin. a British spigot mortar of World War II that fired a 40-pound (18 kg) finned bomb, designed to destroy pillboxes and other concrete obstacles.
[4] hoist by /with one's own petard , hurt, ruined, or destroyed by the very device or plot one had intended for another.
[5] (formerly) a device containing explosives used to breach a wall, doors, etc
[6] hoist with one's own petard being the victim of one's own schemes
[7] a type of explosive firework

Words nearby Petard

petalite, petalody, petaloid, petalous, petaluma, petard, petasus, petaurist, petavius, petcock, pete

Origin of Petard

1590–1600; < Middle French, equivalent to pet(er ) to break wind (derivative of pet < Latin pēditum a breaking wind, orig. neuter of past participle of pēdere to break wind) + -ard -ard

Word origin for Petard

C16: from French: firework, from péter to break wind, from Latin pēdere