Definition of Bomblets

1. Noun. (plural of bomblet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bomblets

1. bomblet [n] - See also: bomblet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bomblets

bombilate
bombilation
bombilations
bombils
bombinate
bombinated
bombinates
bombinating
bombination
bombinations
bombing
bombing run
bombings
bombless
bomblet
bomblets (current term)
bomblike
bombload
bombloads
bombmaker
bombmakers
bombmaking
bombo
bombogenesis
bomboora
bombooras
bombora
bomboras
bombos
bombproof

Literary usage of Bomblets

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

1. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"Each bomb contains hundreds of smaller bomblets, which are designed to cover a ... 25 Cluster bomblets which fail to explode on impact may be regarded as de ..."

2. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"NATO Cluster Bomb Use During the bombing campaign, the US dropped 1100 cluster bombs of the type CBU-87/B, each containing 202 BLU-97/B bomblets and the UK ..."

3. World Report 2004: The Events of 2003 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization (2004)
"The most notable case of civilian deaths occurred in Nis on May 7, 1999, when bomblets mistakenly fell on an urban area, killing fourteen and wounding ..."

4. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo by Fred Abrahams (2001)
"2 Because of the high failure rate of the submunitions inside cluster bombs—estimated conservatively at 5 percent"1— these "bomblets" in effect become ..."

5. Legacy in the Sand: Chemical Command in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm. (1993)
"8 March 1 991 , 1 ; and "Gls hurt, killed by bomblets," The [Rock lsland, ... That the bomblets failed to detonate as designed leaving a plethora of ..."

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