Meanings
nounbarrel bomb (plural barrel bombs)
plural barrel bombs
- aeronauticsA barrel filled with explosives, used as an improvised unguided bomb and dropped from a helicopter or airplane.
Origin
Translations
Arabic بِرْمِيل مُتَفَجِّر
- بِرْمِيل مُتَفَجِّر (birmīl mutafajjir)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 桶裝炸彈 /桶装炸弹
- 桶裝炸彈 /桶装炸弹 (tǒng zhuāng zhà dàn)Translations
Dutch vatbom, vatenbom
- vatbomTranslations
- vatenbomTranslations
Finnish tynnyripommi
- tynnyripommiTranslations
French bombe baril
- bombe barilTranslations
German Fassbombe
- FassbombeTranslations
Korean 통폭탄, 드럼통 폭탄
- 통폭탄 (tongpoktan)Translations
- 드럼통 폭탄 (deureomtong poktan)Translations
Persian بمب بشکهای
- بمب بشکهایTranslations
Russian бочковая бомба
- бочковая бомба (bočkovaja bomba)Translations
Spanish bomba de barril
- bomba de barrilTranslations
Turkish varil bombası
- varil bombasıTranslations
Vietnamese bom thùng
- bom thùngTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
barrel bomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrel%20bomb
MLA
“barrel bomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrel%20bomb. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barrel bomb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrel%20bomb.
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