Meanings
nounMother of all Bombs (uncountable)
- uncountablegovernmentA type of large-yield conventional bomb, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast.
Origin
From a reinterpretation of the acronym MOAB (originally for "Massive Ordnance Air Blast"), using the mother of all construction.
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Mother of all Bombs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mother%20of%20all%20Bombs
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