cluster bomb

  • 1Cluster bomb — Cluster munitions or cluster bombs are air dropped or ground launched munitions that eject a number of smaller submunitions: a cluster of bomblets. The most common types are intended to kill enemy personnel and destroy vehicles. Submunition based …

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  • 2cluster bomb — cluster .bomb n a bomb that sends out smaller bombs when it explodes >cluster bomb v [T] …

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  • 3cluster bomb — cluster bombs N COUNT A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground …

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  • 4cluster bomb — cluster ,bomb noun count a bomb dropped from an aircraft that contains a lot of smaller bombs that it sends out over a large area when it explodes …

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  • 5cluster bomb — n. an aerial bomb that explodes in midair and scatters smaller bombs across a wide area …

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  • 6Cluster bomb — Ein US amerikanischer B 1 Bomber wirft 30 „Cluster Bomben“ ab Marquardt CBU Mark 20 „Rockeye II” …

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  • 7cluster bomb — noun 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 cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely • Hypernyms: ↑bomb • Part Meronyms: ↑bomblet …

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  • 8cluster bomb — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cluster bomb : singular cluster bomb plural cluster bombs a bomb dropped from an aircraft that contains a lot of smaller bombs that it sends out over a large area when it explodes …

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  • 9cluster bomb — noun (C) a bomb that sends out smaller bombs when it explodes cluster bomb verb (T) …

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  • 10Cluster bomb unit — Ein US amerikanischer B 1 Bomber wirft 30 „Cluster Bomben“ ab Marquardt CBU Mark 20 „Rockeye II” …

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