"smoke bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smoke bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smoke bomb (plural smoke bombs)
  1. A firework designed to produce smoke upon ignition. Translations (firework): димка (dimka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Rauchbombe [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-smoke_bomb-en-noun-6beRKYXL Disambiguation of 'firework': 76 24
  2. (military) An explosive or incendiary device designed to produce smoke in order to mark a position or produce a smokescreen. Categories (topical): Military, Explosives Translations (military: explosive device): димка (dimka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Rauchbombe [feminine] (German), rökbomb [common-gender] (Swedish), sis bombası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-smoke_bomb-en-noun-otgN~Dyz Disambiguation of Explosives: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 70 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'military: explosive device': 0 100

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