Originally: an explosive bomb with an iron casing. Later: (Military) a conventional air-dropped bomb, as opposed to a smart bomb or a nuclear bomb.

(originally) a bomb used as a means of taking one's own life; (now usually) a bomb used in an attack by a suicide bomber.

The explosion of a heavy shell or bomb, or the sound of this; hence, the shell itself; crump-hole, a hole or crater made by a shell. Soldiers' slang.

Services' slang. A bomb or shell resembling a pot.

a bomb; a hand grenade, a light trench mortar.

slang. Short for pineapple bomb n. at compounds 2.

a bomb containing bacteria that cause disease, used in bacteriological warfare.

An explosive device with a protruding stick to facilitate firing or throwing. Cf. stick grenade n. at stick, n.1 compounds 2.

A small bomb; any of many explosive devices forming part of a larger, complex weapon. Also figurative.

An air-dropped bomb containing a large high-explosive charge together with a number of incendiary bombs which are scattered as the weapon falls. Now…

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An aerial bomb carrying a very large explosive charge, sufficient to destroy a whole block of buildings. Now historical.

A type of small bomb with a cylindrical casing designed to spring open (forming a shape thought to resemble a butterfly) and rotate as the bomb…

slang. A bomb that makes a screaming sound as it drops.

A bomb containing plastic explosive.

U.S. An explosive device sent through the post, usually set off by the recipient on opening the mail that contained it; a letter or parcel bomb.

a bomb whose effect depends mainly on its blast, esp. a home-made or hand-held one.