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depth bomb

NOUN
depth charge
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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

The depth bomb was dropped, said Colonel Knox, just as a warning.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Then a depth bomb should do the business better," Dave shouted back through the megaphone.

From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

"No depth bomb ever made that upheaval," Dave gasped, as soon as he could speak, and Mr. Ormsby, much shaken, had picked himself up.

From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock




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