bomblet

American

[bom-lit] / ˈbɒm lɪt /

noun

any of numerous explosive, incendiary, or fragmentation bombs packed into a larger bomb or canister that releases or scatters them to explode separately.

bomblet British

/ ˈbɒmlɪt /

noun

one of a number of small bombs contained in a larger bomb

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Etymology

Origin of bomblet

bomb + -let

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bomblet

Janesville police were trying to determine who left the bomblet and ammunition at the Goodwill store.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

A 2009 law bans exports of U.S. cluster munitions with bomblet failure rates higher than 1%, which covers virtually all of the U.S. military stockpile.

From Reuters ● Jul. 7, 2023

The bomblet version, called the M30, failed to meet reliability standards and was scrapped in 2013.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022

Abeidi, a twenty-eight-year-old with a thin face and a scrawny beard, explained that it was a cluster bomblet that had likely been dropped by the Moroccan Air Force more than thirty years ago.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2018

The entire bomblet measures 0.87 meters in length, has a body diameter of 60 millimeters and weighs 2.5 kilograms.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 23, 2012

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