smoke bomb

American  

noun

1. 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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smoke bomb British  

noun

1. a device that emits large quantities of smoke when ignited

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Etymology

Origin of smoke bomb

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The couple who deployed the smoke bomb at their gender reveal party agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors and were sentenced in February 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Wildfires burn in Hawaii, police set off a smoke bomb in New York to disperse a crowd, and a diver transplants coral fragments off the coast of Florida.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023

In other words, are we truly fated to live on a smoke bomb of a planet?

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2023

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has vowed to boost security as ministers from overseas visit the country, after an apparent smoke bomb was thrown at him.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2023

Her eyes flashed bright like when you first light a smoke bomb, all sulfur and heat.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth