cluster bomb

noun

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

cluster bomb

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cluster bomb¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Ten years ago, he lost his own leg while clearing a cluster bomb.

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Iraq, where there were no new cluster bomb attacks reported last year, saw 15 people killed and 25 wounded.

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Even before the official White House cluster bomb announcement, Reps.

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“Cluster munition,” or “cluster bomb,” is a term for a whole family of weapons that can be dropped from planes or launched by artillery or rocket.

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The North Atlantic Treaty Alliance isn’t taking a position on whether the Biden administration should provide controversial cluster bomb munitions to Ukraine as part of a security assistance package.

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