A bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device.
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Examples for "depth bomb "
Examples for "depth bomb "
1 We'll drop a depth bomb or two, and settle Mr.
2 Aft two men stood by the depth bomb apparatus.
3 The depth bomb lashed there was the object to which Ikey called his mates' attention.
4 In that same instant the depth bomb was released for its course over the "Grigsby's" stern.
5 It would mean that the "Grigsby" was instantly to release, over the stern, a depth bomb .
1 Only the sharp lookout kept had saved them-thatand the depth charge .
2 It's the same concept as dropping a depth charge near a submarine.
3 A second depth charge blew metal and flames into the sky.
4 That shows that a submarine was knocked to flinders by that depth charge !
5 The depth charge crew jumped to their stations and immediately started dropping depth bombs.
6 A depth charge is a bomb timed to go off at a certain depth .
7 The depth charge was also used with telling effect.
8 Into this usual melee a depth charge was dropped.
9 I'm going to hit it with a depth charge .
10 The name dropped through me like a depth charge .
11 The Americans hit us with something stronger than a grenade, apparently some kind of practice depth charge .
12 That is, until a depth charge sunk his vessel, and his career, when he was just sixteen.
13 However, the depth charge solved that question.
14 But every now and again a band comes along packing both a surface breeze and a depth charge .
15 Giant bubbles of air broke the surface foam like a massive depth charge had been detonated deep below.
16 Grenades were used in firing, a depth charge explosive timed to go off at a certain distance under water.
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