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depth charge en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.
   • The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice. 2014 October 25, Jeff Gordinier, “In search of the perfect taco”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine (international edition), page 100:
2. Synonym of bomb shot (“type of mixed drink”).

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Synonyms

bomb shot · depth bomb · ashcan

Translations (17)

uk глиби́нна бо́мба (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · de Wasserbombe (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · ko 폭뢰 (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · be глыбі́нная бо́мба (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · pt carga de profundidade (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · pl bomba głębinowa (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · nl dieptebom (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · ru глуби́нная бо́мба (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · ca càrrega de profunditat (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · sv sjunkbomb (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · nl waterbom (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · ja 爆雷 (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · ga lánán doimhneachta (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · sh дубинска бомба (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · fi syvyyspommi (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · cmn 深水炸彈 /深水炸弹 (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater) · pt bomba de profundidade (bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater)

depth charge en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To attack (a target, usually a submarine) with depth charges.
   • After the freighter was torpedoed, its escorting destroyers depth charged the submarine for two hours, but failed to sink it.

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