depth bomb
1depth bomb — noun a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device • Syn: ↑depth charge • Hypernyms: ↑bomb * * * noun see depth charge * * * depth bomb or depth charge noun A power …
2depth-bomb — transitive verb see depth charge * * * depth bomb, = depth charge. (Cf. ↑depth charge) depth bomb «DEHPTH BOM», transitive verb. to bomb with a depth charge or charges: »to depth bomb a submarine …
3depth bomb — underwater anti submarine explosive device designed to detonate at a a certain depth, depth charge …
4depth bomb — noun see depth charge …
5Nuclear depth bomb — United States conducted the Swordfish test of the ASROC nuclear depth bomb off San Diego in 1962 A Nuclear Depth Bomb (NDB) is the nuclear equivalent of the conventional depth charge and would have been used in Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) for… …
6Nuclear Depth Bomb — A Nuclear Depth Bomb (NDB) is the nuclear equivalent of the conventional depth charge and is used in Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) for attacking submerged submarines. The United States Navy, Soviet Navy, and Royal Navy had nuclear depth bombs in… …
7depth charge — depth′ charge n. mil an explosive device used underwater, esp. against submarines, and set to detonate at a predetermined depth. Also called depth′ bomb • Etymology: 1915–20 …
8depth charge — depth bomb, underwater anti submarine explosive device designed to detonate at a a certain depth …
9depth charge — or depth bomb n. a powerful explosive charge that is dropped from a ship or airplane and explodes under water: used esp. against submarines …
10depth charge — noun a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device • Syn: ↑depth bomb • Hypernyms: ↑bomb * * * noun or depth bomb : a projectile to be exploded underwater against submarines or other underwater targets * * * an expl …
