"earthquake bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: earthquake bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} earthquake bomb (plural earthquake bombs)
  1. A bomb designed to be dropped from a high altitude so that it impacts the ground at high speed and generates underground camouflets and shock waves. Wikipedia link: earthquake bomb Synonyms: seismic bomb Coordinate_terms: bunker buster
    Sense id: en-earthquake_bomb-en-noun-bti-HiK7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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