depth charge
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depth charge
noun depth charges
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A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.
The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice.
Similar: depth bomb, ashcan
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Synonym of bomb shot (“type of mixed drink”).
Similar: bomb shot
verb depth charges · depth charging · depth charged · depth-charge
- To attack (a target, usually a submarine) with depth charges. After the freighter was torpedoed, its escorting destroyers depth charged the submarine for two hours, but failed to sink it.
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noun bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater
| 한국어 | 폭뢰 pongnoe |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 爆雷 bakurai |
| 中文 | 深水炸彈 /深水炸弹 shēnshuǐ zhàdàn |
| Português | carga de profundidade, bomba de profundidade |
| Deutsch | Wasserbombe |
| Русский | глуби́нная бо́мба glubínnaja bómba |
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