单词 | bunker-busting |
释义 | > as lemmasbunker-busting bunker-busting n. colloquial (originally U.S.) (a) n. the action of penetrating and destroying a military bunker; (b) adj. capable of penetrating and destroying a military bunker; cf. bunker buster n. 2b. ΚΠ 1953 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 21 Jan. 14/2 United Nations tanks spread along the base of the ‘Iron Triangle’ early today to blast Communist positions on the central front in their six-day-long ‘bunker busting’ campaign. 1953 Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) News 12 Feb. 1/3 About 1,400 enemy soldiers were killed by bunker-busting tanks during December and January. 1987 Fortune 6 July 46/2 Bunker-busting ammunition and grenades. 2003 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 5 Aug. 1 If the arms are ever built,..the biggest hurdle to bunker busting may be targeting. < as lemmas |
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