time-delay bomb
1bomb — bombable, adj. /bom/, n. 1. Mil. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft. 2. any similar missile or… …
2Delay-action bomb — A delay action bomb is an aerial bomb designed to explode some time after impact, with the bomb s fuzes set to delay the explosion for times ranging from very brief to several weeks. Short delays were used to allow the bomb to penetrate before… …
3delay — v. & n. v. 1 tr. postpone; defer. 2 tr. make late (was delayed at the traffic lights). 3 intr. loiter; be late (don t delay!). n. 1 the act or an instance of delaying; the process of being delayed. 2 time lost by inaction or the inability to… …
4time — 1 /taIm/ noun TIME 1 (U) something that is measured in minutes, hours, years etc using clocks: a machine that can travel through time | The basic unit of time, the second, was redefined in 1967. | time passes/goes by: time goes by so quickly… …
5time — /tuym/, n., adj., v., timed, timing. n. 1. the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another. 2. duration …
6Tallboy bomb — Infobox Weapon name=Tallboy bomb caption=Modern replica of a Tallboy origin=United Kingdom type= Conventional is ranged= is bladed= is explosive=yes is artillery= is vehicle= is UK=yes service=June 8 1944 April 25 1945 used by=No. 617 Squadron… …
7Sticky bomb — For other uses, see Sticky bomb (disambiguation). Sticky bomb Close up view of sticky bombs being manufactured Type Anti tank hand grenade Place …
8Butterfly Bomb — A Butterfly Bomb, or (Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2 kg or SD2) was a German 2 kilogram anti personnel submunition used by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. It was so named because the thin cylindrical metal outer shell which hinged open when… …
9Disney bomb — Disney Bomb …
10Lazy Dog (bomb) — Lazy Dog bombs (sometimes called Red Dot Bombs or Yellow Dog Bombs ) projectiles were small, unguided kinetic missiles, each measuring 1.75 inches in length, 0.5 inches in diameter, and weighing 207 grains, or about 0.03 pounds or 0.7 oz.Lazy dog …
