fragmentation bomb

fragmentation bomb

n.

An aerial antipersonnel bomb that scatters shrapnel over a wide area upon explosion.

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Noun

1.

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 anti-personnel bomb, antipersonnel bomb, daisy cutter Big Blue, BLU-82 - a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions 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"