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submunitions

submunitions is the plural of submunition.

Meaning of submunition

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

Questions about submunitions

What is submunitions the plural of?
Submunitions is the plural of submunition.

Words near submunitions in the dictionary

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

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