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buzz bomb

noun

Military.
  1. a type of self-steering aerial bomb, launched from large land-based rocket platforms: used by the Germans in World War II, especially over England.


buzz bomb

noun

  1. another name for the V-1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of buzz bomb1

First recorded in 1940–45
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of buzz bomb1

C20: from the sound of its engine
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Doak is still a teenager and hasn’t played a competitive game since last December, but he was a buzz bomb on the right.

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Mrs. Ellis once had to take evasive action to avoid a deadly Nazi flying bomb known as a “doodlebug” or “buzz bomb” because of its noise.

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These jet-propelled, sub-sonic unmanned airplanes are descendants of the German V-1 buzz bomb.

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These jet-propelled, subsonic unmanned airplanes are descendants of the German V-1 buzz bomb.

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The distinctive buzzing sound of its engine led the weapon being nicknamed the buzz bomb and doodlebug.

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