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cluster bomb
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cluster bomb
n.
A projectile that, when dropped from an aircraft or fired through the air, releases explosive fragments over a wide area.
cluster bomb
n
(Military) a bomb that throws out a number of smaller bombs or antipersonnel projectiles when it explodes
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Noun1.cluster bomb - bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area; "cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely"
bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
bomblet, cluster bomblet - one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb
anti-personnel bomb, antipersonnel bomb, daisy cutter, fragmentation bomb - a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
Translations
cluster bomb
n → Splitterbombe f


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Democracy cannot be imported, nor can it be given to a people by invading their nation, nor by bombing them with cluster bombs.
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