Meaning

1 senses
  1. An airdropped bomb without any guidance system to control it after launch.

More definitions
  • a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target

Origin

From dumb + bomb, coined to contrast with smart bomb.

From dumb + bomb, coined to contrast with smart bomb.

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Forms

plural: dumb bombs
Singulardumb bomb
Pluraldumb bombs

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
iron bombunguided bomb
Close in meaning
  • a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target:gravity bomb

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

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