| NOUN | artifact | 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Example | "cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely" | |
| Parts | bomblet, cluster bomblet | One of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb |
| fragmentation bomb, antipersonnel bomb, anti-personnel bomb, daisy cutter | 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 | |
| Broader | bomb | An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions |
| Spanish | bomba de dispersión, bomba de racimo | |
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