"smart bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-smart bomb.wav [US] Forms: smart bombs [plural]
Etymology: From smart + bomb. Since the 1980s. Guided bombs are a hypernymous class that began earlier (with dumber types), but computerized precision-guided bombs called by the name smart bomb were newfangled novelties in the 1980s. Etymology templates: {{com|en|smart|bomb}} smart + bomb Head templates: {{en-noun}} smart bomb (plural smart bombs)
  1. A kind of guided missile.
    Sense id: en-smart_bomb-en-noun--NhK6vXM Categories (other): Weapons Disambiguation of Weapons: 39 33 28
  2. (military aviation) A guided air-dropped bomb. Hyponyms (guided air-dropped bomb): laser-guided bomb, GPS-guided bomb, INS-guided bomb Related terms: smartlet
    Sense id: en-smart_bomb-en-noun-K9K33gga Categories (other): Aviation, Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Explosives, Weapons Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 64 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 61 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 65 29 Disambiguation of Explosives: 5 78 17 Disambiguation of Weapons: 39 33 28 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war Disambiguation of 'guided air-dropped bomb': 9 90 2
  3. (video games) A weapon that damages or kills all enemies within a large area.
    Sense id: en-smart_bomb-en-noun-kk8AS5cj Categories (other): Video games, Weapons Disambiguation of Weapons: 39 33 28 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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