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noun
A cluster bomb; a munition that disperses multiple smaller explosives.
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noun
The RRAB-3, a Soviet cluster bomb.
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History
Coined around 1940 to describe cluster munitions used in Finland by the Soviet Union during the Winter War (1939-1940). From Molotov + breadbasket, after the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Compare Molotov cocktail.
