cluster bomb

noun

: a canister of small individual bombs that is dropped from an aircraft

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The report said the ammunition included cluster bombs and air mines dropped during the fighting. — Toqa Ezzidin, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026 Iran and Israel have previously accused each other of using cluster bombs. — CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 About half of the roughly three hundred missiles fired at Israel by March 10th reportedly carried cluster bombs. — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 Israel's military says Iran is firing cluster bombs that can evade some air defenses and scatter submunitions across multiple locations. — Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cluster bomb

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First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cluster bomb was in 1939

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