nail bomb

noun

A bomb designed to cause extensive wounding by packing sharp objects around the explosive; used especially by terrorists and suicide bombers.

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Meanings

nounnail bomb (plural nail bombs)

plural nail bombs · alternative nailbomb

  1. A bomb designed to cause extensive wounding by packing sharp objects around the explosive; used especially by terrorists and suicide bombers.

Translations

Dutch spijkerbom, nagelbom
  • spijkerbombomb with sharp objects around the explosive
  • nagelbombomb with sharp objects around the explosive
Finnish naulapommi, haulipommi
  • naulapommibomb with sharp objects around the explosive
  • haulipommibomb with sharp objects around the explosive
German Nagelbombe
  • Nagelbombebomb with sharp objects around the explosive
Romanian bombă cu cuie
  • bombă cu cuiebomb with sharp objects around the explosive
Cite this entry
APA

nail bomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nail%20bomb

MLA

“nail bomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nail%20bomb. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nail bomb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nail%20bomb.

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