Phrase guide

cluster bomb

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cluster munition

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bomb

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قنبلة عنقودية — explosive munition
  • Armenian: կասետային ռումբ (kasetayin ṙumb) — explosive munition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集束炸彈 /集束炸弹 (jíshù zhàdàn) — explosive munition
  • Danish: klyngebombe — explosive munition
  • Dutch: clusterbom — explosive munition
  • Finnish: rypälepommi — explosive munition
  • French: bombe à sous-munitions — explosive munition
  • French: arme à sous-munitions — explosive munition
  • Georgian: კასეტური ბომბი (ḳaseṭuri bombi) — explosive munition
  • German: Streubombe — explosive munition
  • Hungarian: kazettás bomba — explosive munition
  • Icelandic: klasasprenga — explosive munition
  • Irish: cnuasbhuama — explosive munition
  • Italian: bomba a grappolo — explosive munition
  • Japanese: クラスター爆弾 (kurasutā bakudan) — explosive munition
  • Korean: 집속탄 (jipsoktan) — explosive munition
  • Korean: 송이폭탄 (song'ipoktan) — explosive munition
  • Macedonian: ка́сетна бо́мба (kásetna bómba) — explosive munition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klasebombe — explosive munition
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klasebombe — explosive munition
  • Russian: кассе́тная бо́мба (kassétnaja bómba) — explosive munition
  • Serbo-Croatian: kasetna bomba — explosive munition
  • Serbo-Croatian: rasprskavajuća bomba — explosive munition
  • Serbo-Croatian: kasetna avio-bomba — explosive munition
  • Spanish: bomba de racimo — explosive munition
  • Swedish: klusterbomb — explosive munition
  • Turkish: misket bombası — explosive munition
  • Ukrainian: касе́тна бо́мба (kasétna bómba) — explosive munition
  • Vietnamese: bom chùm — explosive munition