daisy cutter

daisy cutter

n. Slang A very large conventional bomb delivered by aircraft and designed to explode a short distance above the ground, with the blast damage concentrated at ground level in a radius extending for hundreds of feet.

daisy cutter

n 1. (Soccer) soccer a powerful shot that moves close to the ground 2. (Cricket) cricket a ball bowled, kicked, or hit so that it rolls along the ground 3. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a powerful bomb with a huge blast effect

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	daisy cutter - a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehiclesantipersonnel bomb, anti-personnel bomb, fragmentation bombBig Blue, BLU-82 - a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistanbomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditionscluster bomb - bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area; "cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely"
	2.	daisy cutter - a batted or served ball that skims along close to the groundball - the game of baseballathletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition