Phrase guide

barrel bomb

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A barrel filled with explosives, used as an improvised unguided bomb and dropped from a helicopter or airplane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war

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History

Etymology

From barrel + bomb.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِرْمِيل مُتَفَجِّر (birmīl mutafajjir) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 桶裝炸彈 /桶装炸弹 (tǒng zhuāng zhà dàn) — Translations
  • Dutch: vatbom — Translations
  • Dutch: vatenbom — Translations
  • Finnish: tynnyripommi — Translations
  • French: bombe baril — Translations
  • German: Fassbombe — Translations
  • Korean: 통폭탄 (tongpoktan) — Translations
  • Korean: 드럼통 폭탄 (deureomtong poktan) — Translations
  • Persian: بمب بشکهای — Translations
  • Russian: бочковая бомба (bočkovaja bomba) — Translations
  • Spanish: bomba de barril — Translations
  • Turkish: varil bombası — Translations
  • Vietnamese: bom thùng — Translations