casspir

/ ˈkæspɜː /

noun

1. an armoured military vehicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of casspir¹

C20: coined from an anagram of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) and SAP (South African Police)

Example Sentences

The South African artist Ralph Ziman has parked his reclaimed Casspir armored tank 2016 “SPOEK 1,” in which he embedded the exterior with brilliant glass beads in distinctive tribal patterns.

From New York Times

A Casspir is a South African armored military vehicle, here shown filled with the heads of victims of a crackdown.

From Washington Post

Some of their ageing 1970s South Africa-made Casspir armored vehicles seem to be showing signs of wear and tear - one had a rope tied to a hook to secure its back door.

From Reuters

Francisco Mucavele found hope last September when an armored steel Casspir rolled over the hill and began to blow up the land mines contaminating Mozambique's rich soil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Standing among corn shoots already knee high, Francisco waves toward other fields where the telltale puffs of black smoke show mines detonating beneath the Casspir's wheels and talks of planting there too.

From Time Magazine Archive