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barrel bombnounA crude bomb consisting of an oil drum or similar container filled with explosives, typically dropped from an aircraft: he estimated that dozens of barrel bombs had been dropped on the province in the last nine days...- An activist said fighting had ceased, but that the air force had continued to drop barrel bombs on the town.
- This shows the aftermath of what activists call a barrel bomb having been dropped on a residential street in that district.
- A total of 11 barrel bombs were assembled and detonated leaving behind an enormous hole in the ground.
verb (barrel-bomb) [with object]Drop a barrel bomb or bombs on: another of the makeshift medical centres was barrel-bombed on June 23rd (as noun barrel-bombing) the latest barrel-bombing reportedly killed 17 civilians...- Elsewhere the government has kept up its barrel-bombing campaign regardless of whether civilians are present or not.
- Guerrilla groups competed for popularity among urban populations being barrel-bombed by the regime.
- He was killed by the government's barrel-bombing of the city, as were several children he had just vaccinated.
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