cluster bomb

noun

1. a canister that can be dropped from an aircraft and that opens to release a number of small fragmentation explosives over a wide area.

cluster bomb

noun

1. a bomb that throws out a number of smaller bombs or antipersonnel projectiles when it explodes

Word History and Origins

Origin of cluster bomb¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Iraq, where there were no new cluster bomb attacks reported last year, saw 15 people killed and 25 wounded.

From Seattle Times

Even before the official White House cluster bomb announcement, Reps.

From Salon

“Cluster munition,” or “cluster bomb,” is a term for a whole family of weapons that can be dropped from planes or launched by artillery or rocket.

From Los Angeles Times

The North Atlantic Treaty Alliance isn’t taking a position on whether the Biden administration should provide controversial cluster bomb munitions to Ukraine as part of a security assistance package.

From Washington Times

Medical workers tended to a woman wounded by a cluster bomb in a residential neighborhood of Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on March 18.

From New York Times