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SMART BOMB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smart bomb mean?
• SMART BOMB (noun)
The noun SMART BOMB has 1 sense:
1. a bomb that can be guided (by a laser beam or radio) to its target
Familiarity information: SMART BOMB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bomb that can be guided (by a laser beam or radio) to its target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
smart bombs have revolutionized aerial bombardment
Hypernyms ("smart bomb" is a kind of...):
bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smart bomb"):
laser-guided bomb; LGB (a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent)
Antonym:
dumb bomb (a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target)
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