rocket bomb

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noun

an aerial bomb equipped with a rocket for added velocity after being dropped from an aircraft.
(loosely) any rocket-propelled missile launched from the ground.

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Origin of rocket bomb

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby rocket bomb

rocker cam, rocker panel, rockery, rocket, rocket airplane, rocket bomb, rocket engine, rocket gun, rocket launcher, rocket propulsion, rocket salad
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Example sentences from the Web for rocket bomb

  • Like a rocket-bomb, this man of genius had risen from obscurity—had all but conquered the three greatest worlds of the universe.

    Tarrano the Conqueror|Raymond King Cummings