HyperDic: antipersonnel_bomb

English > 1 sense of the expression antipersonnel bomb:
NOUNartifactantipersonnel bomb, fragmentation bomb, anti-personnel bomb, daisy cuttera bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments
English > antipersonnel bomb: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA 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 / troops and vehicles.
Synonymsfragmentation bomb, anti-personnel bomb, daisy cutter
Part ofcluster bombbomb 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
NarrowerBig Blue, BLU-82A reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius
BroaderbombAn explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

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