smoke bomb
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3.7
- noun
- /smoʊk bɑm/
:
bomba de humo
- The deal's passage unleashed a riot in the Rada, complete with egg throwing and smoke bombs.
- hurled smoke bomb
- throw a smoke bomb
- Protesters hurled smoke bombs
For instance, in the National Reconnaissance scenario, there were there were smoke bombs going off to simulate the the building being hit.
- For instance, in the National Reconnaissance scenario, there were there were smoke bombs going off to simulate the the building being hit.
- And we bought like looked like fucking Jurassic Park flares that big, but they were smoke bombs.
Examples
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On Sunday, Kuwaiti police fired stun grenades, tear gas, and smoke bombs at thousands of protesters blocking a major road south of the capital of Kuwait City.
Blog text (25) -
Wilbur Kinley ignites a smoke bomb.
Fiction book (1992) -
The smoke bomb had really worked, and nobody was hurt.
Blog text (26) -
Looks like an Army surplus smoke bomb.
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When it travels to this spot, we will set off smoke bombs.
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No fireworks, no smoke bombs, no sparklers.
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However, just one day later, fans were pelting the training ground with fireworks and smoke bombs.
Blog text (34) -
He pulls a smoke bomb from his pocket, lights it, and throws it into the hole, then scurries for the edge of the knob and hits the deck.
Fiction book (1993) -
We could taste smoke in our throats from the fountains, firecrackers, sparklers, spinning bees, whirligigs, and smoke bombs.
Fiction book (2001) -
The protesters threw smoke bombs as they clashed with police in riot gear.
Synonyms
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5.2
A small object that makes thick smoke to hide people or mark a place
How Obscuring
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3.7
6
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is transparently built from 'smoke' (visible combustion plume) + 'bomb' (explosive device), so the meaning — a device that produces a cloud of smoke — is directly inferable from the parts. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows ordinary noun-noun compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Smoke bomb comes from the clear picture of a small bomb that makes a lot of smoke when it explodes; soldiers and rescuers used them to hide their moves or to mark a place. So today a smoke bomb means 'a device that releases a thick cloud of smoke' to hide, distract, or mark something.