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Meanings of bomblet (bomblets) in English

One of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb.

Usage of bomblets in English
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Around 115 people have been injured by bomblets since the war's end.
Reuters
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Then he gestures to the bomblets strapped to either side of it.
Wired
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They are essentially a canister filled with smaller bomblets or sub-munitions.
BBC
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Unlikely dud bomblets, there is no risk of fragments exploding.
Wired
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Video showed some civilians carrying the bomblets around and throwing them on the ground.
Reuters
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Such weapons, which spread bomblets that explode over an area, are banned by most countries.
Reuters
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Many bomblets may not explode on contact, and later can be accidentally triggered by civilians.
Wired
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The APAM explodes directly above its target, showering it with a tight cluster of bomblets.
Reuters
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The cluster munitions spewed bomblets across the parked pinnaces.
Echoes Of Honor
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On one side of the Proteus, the Columbia Group's experimental submarine, are two 220-pound bomblets.
Wired
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Slideshow (3 images) Cluster bombs burst into bomblets and spread out near the ground.
Reuters
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The munitions contain dozens or hundreds of smaller submunitions or bomblets and explode across a broad area.
Reuters
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Russia has consistently denied that it deployed the weapon, which releases hundreds of small bomblets on impact.
Reuters
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Cluster munitions open in mid-air and scatter as many as several hundred "bomblets" over wide areas.
The Irish Times
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Cluster munitions drop hundreds of bomblets on a wide area, designed to kill as many people as possible.
Reuters
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Experts have estimated an unusually high 40 percent of the bomblets dropped on Lebanon failed to explode on impact.
Reuters
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