cluster bomb
An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller…An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.
» Israeli cluster bombs are still in southern Lebanon.
Meaning
1 sensesAn explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.
Streubombe
кассе́тная бо́мбаkassétnaja bómba
касе́тна бо́мбаkasétna bómba
bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area
Examples
3 sentencesIsraeli cluster bombs are still in southern Lebanon.
The US dropped millions of cluster bombs in Southeast Asia.
American cluster bombs still kill and maim people in Southeast Asia.
Translations
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Forms
plural: cluster bombs| Singular | cluster bomb |
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