| 单词 | butterfly bomb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterfly bomb butterfly bomb n. now historical A type of small bomb with a cylindrical casing designed to spring open (forming a shape thought to resemble a butterfly) and rotate as the bomb descends.By means of a spindle connecting the casing to the device's fuse, the rotation of the open casing arms the explosive device.The butterfly bomb was first developed by Germany in the Second World War. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > other bombs iron bomb1759 suicide bomb1889 crump1914 radio bomb1914 marmite1915 pineapple bomb1916 pineapple1918 germ bomb1921 stick-bomb1928 bomblet1937 breadbasket1940 flash bomb1940 blockbuster1942 butterfly bomb1942 screamer1942 plastic bomb1944 napalm bomb1945 mail bomb1972 blast bomb1976 1942 Bomb Reconnaissance (U.S. War Dept.) ii. ii. 23 2 Kg. Antipersonnel ‘Butterfly’ Bomb. 1972 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 16/2 In the last war the Germans devised a series of anti-personnel devices, including the S-mine & the ‘butterfly-bomb’. 2015 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 22 Oct. When peace was declared in May 1945, the men of Bomb Disposal had defused about 40,000 high explosive bombs, 5,700 butterfly bombs and another 6,900 anti-aircraft shells and incendiaries. < as lemmas |
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