cluster bomb

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noun

a canister that can be dropped from an aircraft and that opens to release a number of small fragmentation explosives over a wide area.

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Origin of cluster bomb

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby cluster bomb

clupeoid, Clurman, Clusium, cluster, cluster area, cluster bomb, cluster college, cluster cup, cluster fly, cluster headache, cluster leg

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How to use cluster bomb in a sentence

Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.
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But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
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In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
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To his credit, Huckabee is conscious of the fact that he will need a cluster of deep-pocketed patrons and bundlers.
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Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.
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With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.
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In the course of an hour a cluster of dark objects appeared on the bench, coming rapidly toward us.
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Behind it was a cluster of low hills set with narrow fields and tiny white houses.
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More like bomb-shells, military mines, torpedoes, and nitroglycerine trains.
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The trench mortars—bomb guns they call them—will be ready in Japan in two and a half months' time.
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British Dictionary definitions for cluster bomb

cluster bomb

noun

a bomb that throws out a number of smaller bombs or antipersonnel projectiles when it explodes

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