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bunker busters

bunker busters is the plural of bunker buster.

Meaning of bunker buster

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

Questions about bunker busters

What is bunker busters the plural of?
Bunker busters is the plural of bunker buster.

Words near bunker busters in the dictionary

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

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