Robomb

//ˈɹəʊbɒm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A guided missile. dated

    "[…] to provide 30,000 temporary emergency houses for war workers in war production areas in England. These will help replace some of the 500,000 houses estimated to have been completely destroyed by the Luftwaffe and robombs."

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"[…] to provide 30,000 temporary emergency houses for war workers in war production areas in England. These will help replace some of the 500,000 houses estimated to have been completely destroyed by the Luftwaffe and robombs."

Etymology

Blend of robot + bomb.

Related phrases

guided missile

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