depth bomb
Example Sentences
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The depth bomb was dropped, said Colonel Knox, just as a warning.
From Time Magazine Archive
With easy, informal Rooseveltian technique, Mr. Davis dropped his naval depth bomb at a luncheon tendered him by U. S. correspondents.
From Time Magazine Archive
The destroyer did drop one depth bomb, and the vibrations thereupon ceased.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hardly had the electrician concluded the report before the Dewey was rocked by another submarine detonation—-the explosion of a second depth bomb.
From The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet by Driscoll, James R. [pseud.]
The command had already been passed to the men stationed by the depth bomb to let go as soon as the messenger gave the word from the operator.
From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
