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M-80

American  

noun

  1. a class of large, powerful firecrackers.


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“It’s maybe an M-80 or a cherry bomb, but the explosion wasn’t just like a firecracker or an M-80, it actually had some pyrotechnics to it, so it was fairly large.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Part of an order of 12 million M-80 firecrackers, used by the Army to condition troops to noise, had taken on moisture and had to be warmed by the tunnel's fluorescent light.

From Time Magazine Archive

Motel Guest Patrick Gillespie of Chicago thought an M-80 grenade had exploded.

From Time Magazine Archive