depth charge

A charge designed for detonation at a preset depth under water, used especially against submarines. Also called depth bomb.

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depth charge

depth bomb

(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a bomb used to attack submarines that explodes at a pre-set depth of water

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

depth′ charge`

an explosive device used underwater, esp. against submarines, and set to detonate at a predetermined depth. Also called depth′ bomb`.

[1915–20]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

depth charge - a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device

depth bomb

bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

Translations

Wasserbombe

abisso carica di profondit...in pieno

depth charge

n → Wasserbombe f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

depth charge

n (Mil) → bomba di profondità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Until 1942, the depth charge was the only weapon that could be used against a submerged submarine.

Lethal depth charge could destroy U-boats from 25ft

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The narrative culminates with a description of the boat's final action, in which a depth charge attack by a Japanese man-of-war severely damaged--and nearly sunk--the vessel.

Take her deep!; a submarine against Japan in World War II. (reprint, 1987)

The band's own material contains depth charge accentuated beats, compulsive rhythms and climaxes of extraordinary power - can an acoustic piano trio really make this much sound?

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We reduced the number of parts of the reactor from 3,000 to 500, while increasing its strength to take the worst depth charge shocks that the submarine could withstand.

The powering of Polaris

It was your depth charge?" I ask 85-year-old Walter Dutch.

The man who captured a submarine: Walter seems able to see those events still. (The Great Generation)

Well, their laughs soon changed to looks of envy and respect (that was the line that had sold me a hundred different bass lures as a kid, but in this case it was true) for the instant the mouse (pronounced moose in Labrador) landed, he was engulfed by a violent depth-charge-like explosion, at least if you picture a depth charge starting out at the bottom of the river and exploding upward in a silvery-cream bubble.

THE LAST MOUSEKETEER

This had been a disappointment so, although unsure of the effect a depth charge might have on the gun and its emplacement, supposing the DCs' poor ballistics permitted a direct hit, or even a near miss, we selected it as our secondary target.

Some recollections of RAAF service--1945

troops when his submarine ran aground on the eastern shore of Hawaii's Oahu Island after being dogged in a depth charge attack by the U.S.

1st Japanese taken prisoner in WWII dies at 81

"Before long, they were throwing depth charge - a concoction of whisky and cider - down their throats at the function."

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These serials included replenishment of men and material from one ship to another, Rocket Depth Charge (RDC) firing by Ship and Aircraft and Helicopter Borne Visit Board Search and Seizure exercises.

PN effectively protects our Maritime Frontiers: Abbasi