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submunition

submunition noun: any part of a weapon (typically a bomb or missile) that separates from a parent munition before or during employment.

Noun

submunition (plural submunitions)

  1. Any part of a weapon (typically a bomb or missile) that separates from a parent munition before or during employment.
    • Bellingcat[…] has reviewed some of the pictures collected by the Guardian, confirmed the presence of tail fins of RBK-500 cluster bombs with PTAB-1M submunitions and cluster rocket, launched by BM-30 Smerch.2022 April 21, Lorenzo Tondo, “Russia using cluster bombs to kill Ukrainian civilians, analysis suggests”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of submunition

pluralsubmunitions

Origin of submunition

From sub- + munition.

Questions about submunition

What does submunition mean?
Submunition means any part of a weapon (typically a bomb or missile) that separates from a parent munition before or during employment.
What part of speech is submunition?
Submunition is a noun.
What is the plural of submunition?
The plural of submunition is submunitions.

Words near submunition in the dictionary

  1. submultisets
  2. submundane
  3. submunicipal
  4. submunicipalities
  5. submunicipality
  6. submunition
  7. submunitions
  8. submuscular
  9. submyelinic
  10. submyeloablation
  11. submyeloablative

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