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robot bomb

American  

noun

  1. a rocket-propelled, gyroscopically steered bomb equipped with wings and control surfaces, usually launched from the ground.

robot bomb British  

noun

  1. another name for the V-1

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Etymology

Origin of robot bomb

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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There was a frightful crash and I ran on deck, thinking of a robot bomb.

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Predator drones, robot bomb detectors and dogs have been deployed to sniff out explosives.

From Time Magazine Archive

The weapon turned out to be just about what British military and Government leaders had predicted months before�a self-propelled "robot bomb."

From Time Magazine Archive

"What finally made me a fanatic," Vandenberg says, "was the robot bomb."

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