SMART BOMB

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A bomb that can be guided (by a laser beam or radio) to its target

Example:

smart bombs have revolutionized aerial bombardment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("smart bomb" is a kind of...):

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smart bomb"):

laser-guided bomb; LGB (a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent)

Antonym:

dumb bomb (a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target)