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smart bomb

smart bomb noun: a kind of guided missile.

Noun

smart bomb (plural smart bombs)

  1. A kind of guided missile.
  2. A guided air-dropped bomb.
  3. A weapon that damages or kills all enemies within a large area.
    • On your side, you've got three lives, with each life having three smart bombs. These wipe out all the enemy on the screen when used, as smart bombs should.1988, Flying Shark (game review) in Your Sinclair issue 27, page 67

Antonyms of smart bomb

Forms of smart bomb

pluralsmart bombs

Origin of smart bomb

From smart + bomb. Since the 1980s. Guided bombs are a hypernymous class that began earlier (with dumber types), but computerized precision-guided bombs called by the name smart bomb were newfangled novelties in the 1980s.

Questions about smart bomb

What does smart bomb mean?
Smart bomb means a kind of guided missile.
What part of speech is smart bomb?
Smart bomb is a noun.
What is the plural of smart bomb?
The plural of smart bomb is smart bombs.

Words near smart bomb in the dictionary

  1. smart asses
  2. smart band
  3. smart bands
  4. smart beta
  5. smart betas
  6. smart bomb
  7. smart bombs
  8. smart card
  9. smart cards
  10. smart casual
  11. smart chance

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