submunition

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noun

Any part of a weapon (typically a bomb or missile) that separates from a parent munition before or during employment.

OriginEnglish munition ← Latin sub- →
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Meanings

nounsubmunition (plural submunitions)

plural submunitions

  1. Any part of a weapon (typically a bomb or missile) that separates from a parent munition before or during employment.

    Bellingcat[…] has reviewed some of the pictures collected by the Guardian, confirmed the presence of tail fins of RBK-500 cluster bombs with PTAB-1M submunitions and cluster rocket, launched by BM-30 Smerch.

    2022 April 21, Lorenzo Tondo, “Russia using cluster bombs to kill Ukrainian civilians, analysis suggests”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishmunition
  5. Englishsubmunition

From sub- + munition.

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APA

submunition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submunition

MLA

“submunition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submunition. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submunition,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submunition.

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