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gas bomb

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gas bomb [′gas ‚bäm]
(ordnance)
A bomb designed to produce casualties among personnel and to contaminate an area; a burster charge splits the bomb case and disperses the gas filler over the area.


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The demonstrators marched to the Wall built on Bil'in's land, where the Israeli army, based on the other side of the fence, responded to their presence by throwing tear gas bombs and shooting tear gas canisters.
Contrary to Townshend's description of the letter, Webster's much-quoted reference to an "excellent moral effect" represented "the Air Ministry's estimation of what gas bombs dropped from aircraft, if used, could be expected to achieve, rather than what gas shells had already achieved," according to Douglas.
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