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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smart bomb

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
smart bomb
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of guided missile.

noun

A guided air-dropped bomb.

noun

A weapon that damages or kills all enemies within a large area.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From smart + bomb. Since the 1980s. Guided bombs are a hypernymous class that began earlier (with dumber types), but computerized precision-guided bombs called by the name smart bomb were newfangled novelties in the 1980s.

Inflected Forms

smart bombs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

smartlet

Antonyms

iron bomb dumb bomb

Questions

What does smart bomb mean?
A kind of guided missile.
Where does smart bomb come from?
From smart + bomb. Since the 1980s. Guided bombs are a hypernymous class that began earlier (with dumber types), but computerized precision-guided bombs called by the name smart bomb were newfangled novelties in the 1980s.

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