Depth charge

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.

    "The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice."

  2. 2
    a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of bomb shot (“type of mixed drink”).
Verb
  1. 1
    To attack (a target, usually a submarine) with depth charges. transitive

    "After the freighter was torpedoed, its escorting destroyers depth charged the submarine for two hours, but failed to sink it."

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