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Definition of buzz bomb in English: buzz bombnounˈbʌz bɒmˈbəz ˌbɑm informal A small pilotless aircraft with an explosive warhead, especially a V-1. Example sentencesExamples - German VI rockets or ‘buzz bombs’ were an increasing threat and killed scores of Wrens who slept in cellars for protection.
- Londoners under attack would come to know it as the doodlebug or buzz bomb, so called for the mechanical hum it made before dropping on its target.
- Posted to France, he was hit by a buzz bomb and his mates, thinking him dead, took him to the mortuary.
- The device was the notorious doodlebug, or buzz bomb.
- The small London row house where Edith, Muriel's father's sister lived had been hit by a buzz bomb and the second floor was unlivable.
Definition of buzz bomb in US English: buzz bombnounˈbəz ˌbɑmˈbəz ˌbäm informal A robot bomb, especially the German V-1 used during World War II. Example sentencesExamples - The device was the notorious doodlebug, or buzz bomb.
- Posted to France, he was hit by a buzz bomb and his mates, thinking him dead, took him to the mortuary.
- Londoners under attack would come to know it as the doodlebug or buzz bomb, so called for the mechanical hum it made before dropping on its target.
- The small London row house where Edith, Muriel's father's sister lived had been hit by a buzz bomb and the second floor was unlivable.
- German VI rockets or ‘buzz bombs’ were an increasing threat and killed scores of Wrens who slept in cellars for protection.
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