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Meanings of cluster bomb in English
Russian
кассетные бомбы Portuguese
bomba de fragmentação Spanish
bomba cluster Catalan
bomba clúster 
Munition containing multiple submunitions meant to disperse effects of the munitions.
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Examples for "cluster munition"
Examples for "cluster munition"
1
Then it refused to endorse treaties banning land mines and cluster munitions.
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Human rights groups have reported in the past that Syria used cluster munitions.
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The convention demanded that any remaining cluster munitions be eradicated within eight years.
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It would allow the Americans to keep their cluster munitions on British territory.
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Cluster munitions are a controversial weapon for two main reasons.
Usage of cluster bomb in English
1
What began as a hand grenade has ended up as a cluster bomb.
2
To pursue a military analogy, we need a laser guided smart missile, not a cluster bomb.
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More precisely, a Russian cluster bomb, one of the four that fell on the mission six months ago.
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Ethical investing for KiwiSaver providers following revelations some funds are going to cluster bomb manufacturers and landmine companies.
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Eleven-year-old Shible died when a cluster bomb he picked up, thinking it was a rock, exploded in October.
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ACC invested in six companies on its exclusion list, including the cluster bomb and nuclear weapons company Lockheed Martin.
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Recent activist footage claimed to show the remains of a Chinese-made cluster bomb at the scene of a bombing.
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Until then, the use of a cluster bomb with a higher failure rate must be approved by regional commanders.
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In another room was Abdul Wali, fifteen, whose intestines and stomach had been shredded by an American cluster bomb.
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A cluster bomb dropped on the roof could kill or injure the militants without destroying the building, she said.
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The detection equipment was reportedly damaged by a cluster bomb which are area weapons with high probabilities for collateral damage.
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And while the destructive power of reactive fragments might be likened to a cluster bomb, there is no danger afterwards.
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Madam, - All right-thinking people must welcome the cluster bomb treaty agreed by more than 100 nations in Dublin this week.
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CMC activists identified the remnants of a cluster bomb canister and at least 20 unexploded submunitions, it added in its report.
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The rebels remove the tail fin from the cluster bomb, leaving the main charge, and then attach a homemade rocket motor.
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Perhaps the biggest hurdle will be public relations: HardSTOP may be seen as a cluster bomb and therefore unacceptable to use in built-up areas.
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