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bunker buster

bunker buster noun: a bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground.

Noun

bunker buster (plural bunker busters)

  1. A bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground.
    • B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh...2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN
    • The bombs used in the strikes were GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators, known as a “bunker busters,” two sources familiar with the operation said.2025 June 21, Kevin Liptak, “Strikes on Iranian nuclear sites thrust US into escalating Middle East conflict”, in CNN

Forms of bunker buster

pluralbunker busters

Questions about bunker buster

What does bunker buster mean?
Bunker buster means a bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground.
What part of speech is bunker buster?
Bunker buster is a noun.
What is the plural of bunker buster?
The plural of bunker buster is bunker busters.

Words near bunker buster in the dictionary

  1. bunked together
  2. bunked up
  3. bunker
  4. bunker barge
  5. bunker barges
  6. bunker buster
  7. bunker busters
  8. bunker down
  9. bunker fuel
  10. bunker fuels
  11. Bunker Hill

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