cluster bomb

1. 1.

   bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area

   “cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely”

   Broaderbomb

   Partsbombletfragmentation bomb

Questions about cluster bomb

What does cluster bomb mean?

cluster bomb means "bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area".

Is cluster bomb a common word?

cluster bomb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.