smart bomb
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
smart bomb
Where it comes from
From smart + bomb. Since the 1980s. Guided bombs are a hypernymous class that began earlier (with dumber types), but computerized precision-guided bombs called by the name smart bomb were newfangled novelties in the 1980s.
noun smart bombs
- A kind of guided missile.
- A guided air-dropped bomb.
- A weapon that damages or kills all enemies within a large area. On your side, you've got three lives, with each life having three smart bombs. These wipe out all the enemy on the screen when used, as smart bombs should.
Thesaurus
Talk about this word "smart bomb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/smart%20bomb. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. smart bomb. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/smart%20bomb "smart bomb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/smart%20bomb.Cite this
@misc{smart_bomb_2026,
title = {smart bomb},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smart%20bomb},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
