rocket bomb

American  

noun

1. an aerial bomb equipped with a rocket for added velocity after being dropped from an aircraft.

2. (loosely) any rocket-propelled missile launched from the ground.

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Etymology

Origin of rocket bomb

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

In 1940 the editor of the Scientific American wrote Willy Ley, prophet of space travel, that the notion of a rocket bomb was "too farfetched to be considered."

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The targets: launching sites for the expected elephant-sized Nazi V-2 rocket bomb.

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Also censor-passed: an "unauthenticated" description of the rocket bomb by a Reuters correspondent in Normandy.

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A rocket bomb bigger and faster than the Nazi V2.

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In their wrath the Germans are using a rocket bomb designed to penetrate into Malta's deep shelters.

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