"cluster bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cluster bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cluster bomb (plural cluster bombs)
  1. An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area. Wikipedia link: cluster munition Categories (topical): Explosives, Weapons Synonyms: cluster munition Derived forms: cluster F-bomb Translations (explosive munition): կասետային ռումբ (kasetayin ṙumb) (Armenian), 集束炸彈 (Chinese Mandarin), 集束炸弹 (jíshù zhàdàn) (Chinese Mandarin), klyngebombe [common-gender] (Danish), clusterbom [feminine] (Dutch), rypälepommi (Finnish), bombe à sous-munitions [feminine] (French), arme à sous-munitions [feminine] (French), Streubombe [feminine] (German), kazettás bomba (Hungarian), klasasprenga [feminine] (Icelandic), cnuasbhuama [masculine] (Irish), bomba a grappolo [feminine] (Italian), クラスター爆弾 (kurasutā bakudan) (Japanese), ка́сетна бо́мба (kásetna bómba) [feminine] (Macedonian), klasebombe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), klasebombe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), кассе́тная бо́мба (kassétnaja bómba) [feminine] (Russian), kasetna bomba [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rasprskavajuća bomba [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kasetna avio-bomba [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bomba de racimo [feminine] (Spanish), klusterbomb [common-gender] (Swedish), misket bombası (Turkish), касе́тна бо́мба (kasétna bómba) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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