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Meanings of cluster munition in English

Russian
кассетные бомбы
Portuguese
bomba de fragmentação
Spanish
bomba cluster
Catalan
bomba clúster
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Munition containing multiple submunitions meant to disperse effects of the munitions.

Related terms
кассетные бомбы
Synonyms
Examples for "cluster bomb"
Examples for "cluster bomb"
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What began as a hand grenade has ended up as a cluster bomb.
The Guardian
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To pursue a military analogy, we need a laser guided smart missile, not a cluster bomb.
The Guardian
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More precisely, a Russian cluster bomb, one of the four that fell on the mission six months ago.
Acts of faith
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Ethical investing for KiwiSaver providers following revelations some funds are going to cluster bomb manufacturers and landmine companies.
Radio NZ
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Eleven-year-old Shible died when a cluster bomb he picked up, thinking it was a rock, exploded in October.
Reuters
Usage of cluster munition in English
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Then it refused to endorse treaties banning land mines and cluster munitions.
The Guardian
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Human rights groups have reported in the past that Syria used cluster munitions.
Reuters
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The convention demanded that any remaining cluster munitions be eradicated within eight years.
Reuters
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It would allow the Americans to keep their cluster munitions on British territory.
The Guardian
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Cluster munitions are a controversial weapon for two main reasons.
BBC
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The Defense Department unveiled its new policy on cluster munitions.
Wired
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He also pointed to Mr Brown's successful intervention in deadlocked talks to ban cluster munitions.
The Irish Times
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The next biggest group are companies involved in cluster munitions, nuclear bombs and anti-personnel mines.
Radio NZ
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The revelation that Britain was unwittingly helping promote cluster munitions comes at an inauspicious time.
The Guardian
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The convention strictly prohibits the use of cluster munitions.
Reuters
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The cluster munitions spewed bomblets across the parked pinnaces.
Echoes Of Honor
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The Government has taken a strong stance in favour of a total ban on cluster munitions.
The Irish Times
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But cluster munitions are there, there's no question.
Reuters
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Cluster munitions are unreliable and inaccurate weapons that have killed and injured civilians for 40 years.
Feminist dot com
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The Cluster Munition Campaign is leading an international movement urging states to commit to the treaty process.
Feminist dot com
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U.S. listed General Dynamics had been excluded from the fund in 2005 because it produced cluster munitions.
Reuters