rocket bomb

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noun
  1. an aerial bomb equipped with a rocket for added velocity after being dropped from an aircraft.

  2. (loosely) any rocket-propelled missile launched from the ground.

Origin of rocket bomb

1
First recorded in 1940–45

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How to use rocket bomb in a sentence

  • 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