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Molotov's bread basket

Molotov's bread basket is the alternative form of Molotov breadbasket.

Meaning of Molotov breadbasket

Noun

Molotov breadbasket (plural Molotov breadbaskets)

  1. A cluster bomb; a munition that disperses multiple smaller explosives.
    • Our bombardment aircraft dropped this armament in bomb-shaped 250- and 500-kilogram canisters (models AB250 and AB500). These fragmentation bombs proved to be extremely effective against live targets when discharged by a scatter drop (an adaptation of the Molotov “bread basket”).2001, Steven H. Newton, Kursk: The German View, page 187
  2. (specifically) The RRAB-3, a Soviet cluster bomb.
    • “Molotov breadbasket” is a large bomb container which, whirled by its fins, drops low, then sprays out a mass of 4 1/2 pound incendiary bombs.1940, “Soviet army's new weapons”, in Life, volume 8, number 14, page 34

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Molotov's bread basket is the alternative form of Molotov breadbasket.

Words near Molotov's bread basket in the dictionary

  1. Molotov bread baskets
  2. Molotov breadbasket
  3. Molotov breadbaskets
  4. molotov cocktail
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  9. Molotoved
  10. Molotoving
  11. Molotovism

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