SMART BOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smart bomb mean? 

• SMART BOMB (noun)
  The noun SMART BOMB has 1 sense:

1. a bomb that can be guided (by a laser beam or radio) to its target

  Familiarity information: SMART BOMB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMART BOMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bomb that can be guided (by a laser beam or radio) to its target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

smart bombs have revolutionized aerial bombardment

Hypernyms ("smart bomb" is a kind of...):

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smart bomb"):

laser-guided bomb; LGB (a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent)

Antonym:

dumb bomb (a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target)