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noun

a bomb that produces a continuous discharge of smoke rather than an explosion, used to mark a target for aerial attack, indicate wind direction, produce a smoke screen, etc.

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Origin of smoke bomb

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby smoke bomb

smogbound, smoggy, smokable, smoke, smoke and mirrors, smoke bomb, smoke chamber, smokechaser, smoke detector, smoked meat, smoke dome

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To date, the campaign has done little more than throw smoke bombs and insist there’s a fire.
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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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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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The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.
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The young men gathered round him and offered him a cigar, which he accepted and began to smoke.
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After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
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The smoke from her kitchen fire rose white as she put in dry sumac to give it a start.
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In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
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When the smoke and dust cleared away nothing stirred on the whole of that piece of ground.
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British Dictionary definitions for smoke bomb

smoke bomb

noun

a device that emits large quantities of smoke when ignited

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