单词 | saturation weapon |
释义 | > as lemmassaturation weapon saturation weapon n. a weapon (typically a missile, missile system, or bomb) capable of exerting destructive force over a wide area, overwhelming enemy defences; a bomb, rocket, or missile used in saturation bombing. ΚΠ 1945 Brit. War Production 1939–45 xxiv. 76/1 An outstanding example of the barrage use of the rocket was the saturation weapon fired from specially converted landing craft. 1998 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 21 Feb. (News & Features section) 37 Most of the dead were almost certainly killed unlawfully: either by British and American ‘saturation’ weapons which, by any measure, qualified as ‘weapons of mass destruction’. < as lemmas |
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