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smart bomb

noun

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from βόμβος
  2. derived from bombus
  3. derived from bomba
  4. borrowed from bombe
  5. compounded as smart bomb — “smart + bomb”

Definitions

  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.

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