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SMART BOMB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bomb that can be guided (by a laser beam or radio) to its target
Example:
smart bombs have revolutionized aerial bombardment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("smart bomb" is a kind of...):
bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smart bomb"):
laser-guided bomb; LGB (a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent)
Antonym:
dumb bomb (a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target)
