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Definition of Cluster bomb

1. Noun. 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"

Definition of Cluster bomb

1. Noun. Explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cluster Bomb

Literary usage of Cluster bomb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo by Fred Abrahams (2001)
"As of July 2000, NATO had provided the United Nations MACC with information regarding 333 cluster bomb drop-sites where 1392 bomblet- dispensing canisters ..."

2. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"His shovel accidentally hit a buried cluster bomb which blew up and killed him. With each war, there is a growing number of victims, many of them children ..."

3. World Report 2004: The Events of 2003 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization (2004)
"The thirteen deaths from an errant cluster bomb in Qala Shater were reminiscent of the fourteen deaths from a stray bomb in Nis, Serbia. ..."

4. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: toward a mine-free world by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"... information on locations of munitions deployed and at the end of October moved 4000 deminers out of the country for training on cluster bomb disposal. ..."

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