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BOMBIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bombie mean?
• BOMBIE (noun)
The noun BOMBIE has 1 sense:
1. an unexploded bomblet
Familiarity information: BOMBIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unexploded bomblet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
unexploded bomblets known in Laos as 'bombies' caused farmers to fear cultivating their fields
Hypernyms ("bombie" is a kind of...):
bomblet; cluster bomblet (one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb)
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