smoke bomb

American  

noun

1. a bomb that produces a continuous discharge of smoke rather than an explosion, used to mark a target for aerial attack, indicate wind direction, produce a smoke screen, etc.

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smoke bomb British  

noun

1. a device that emits large quantities of smoke when ignited

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Etymology

Origin of smoke bomb

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The couple who deployed the smoke bomb at their gender reveal party agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors and were sentenced in February 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Police also found a smoke bomb at the scene.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Former Celtic and Scotland striker Leigh Griffiths has been fined by a court for kicking a smoke bomb into the away fans sector during a match, British media reported on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

Wildfires burn in Hawaii, police set off a smoke bomb in New York to disperse a crowd, and a diver transplants coral fragments off the coast of Florida.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023

But in other ways, it feels pretty real in there—the enemy soldiers dressed in Peacekeepers’ uniforms, the confusion of a smoke bomb.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins