cluster bomb

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noun

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

Origin:
1960–65

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cluster bomb

—n
	a bomb that throws out a number of smaller bombs or antipersonnel projectiles when it explodes

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