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Broken Arrow
1[ broh-kuhn ar-oh ]
noun
- a nuclear weapon that has been removed from the arsenal by theft, loss, accidental launch or detonation, etc., but has not resulted in harm.
- the theft, accidental launch, or other event that causes such a weapon to be removed from the arsenal.
- a code phrase summoning all military aircraft in the area to the immediate support of ground forces about to be overwhelmed.
Broken Arrow
2[ broh-kuhn ar-oh ]
noun
- a town in northeastern Oklahoma.
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
A second group worked to locate the lost thermonuclear bomb, called a “broken arrow” in Defense Department terms.
The sculptured figure is in a lying position, and a broken arrow or spear is in its side.
And there on a trestle table before us lay the body of Jarl Lodbrok, my friend, in whose side was my broken arrow.
A broken arrow, pointing in any direction indicated, danger.
Not knowing what she did, she pulled the broken arrow from his arm, and then screamed to think of where it had been.
In an earth-hut another detachment had found some smoked fish, a broken arrow, the remains of a fire, and several other things.
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