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Definition barrel bomb in British English

barrel bomb noun

noun
1

a type of crude bomb consisting of a large container filled with explosives, and sometimes fuel and pieces of metal, usually dropped from an aircraft

Example

Footage released online purports to show Syrian military helicopters dropping improvised "barrel bombs" on Darayya in south Damascus.

Definition barrel bomb in British English