Definition of Gas bomb

1. Noun. A bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes.

Exact synonyms: Chemical Bomb
Generic synonyms: Bomb, Chemical Weapon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gas Bomb

gas-guzzlers
gas-hog
gas-hogs
gas-liquid chromatography
gas-tight
gas-turbine ship
gas abscess
gas and air
gas and gaiters
gas bacillus
gas bar
gas bars
gas bladder
gas bladders
gas blanket
gas bomb (current term)
gas bottle
gas bottles
gas bracket
gas burner
gas cautery
gas chamber
gas chambers
gas chromatography
gas clathrate
gas clathrates
gas company
gas constant
gas constants
gas cooker

Literary usage of Gas bomb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. War Letters of Edmond Genet: The First American Aviator Killed Flying the by Edmond Charles Clinton Genet (1918)
"... from being killed or missing and knocked unconscious by any gas bomb. gas bomb! A fine story, indeed! Why there was only one young American killed in ..."

2. Catalogue of Photographs and Stereopticon Slides (1918)
"A poisonous gas-bomb attack during a night maneuver at Camp ... A poisonous gas.bomb attack during a night maneuver at Camp ..."

3. Gas Warfare by Edward Samuel Farrow (1920)
"This is similar to the heavy smoke bomb in general construction and takes the same fuses. It weighs 22 pounds and contains 7 pounds of thermit. gas bomb. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"gas bomb.—In trench warfare, a bomb containing a bursting charge of high explosive and poisonous gas. Upon explosion the gas is liberated. Gas-check. ..."

5. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"It might be said here that the aviation gas bomb will be highly efficient, inasmuch as it has to be only strong enough to withstand the low pressure of the ..."

6. War Letters of Edmond Genet: The First American Aviator Killed Flying the by Edmond Charles Clinton Genet (1918)
"... from being killed or missing and knocked unconscious by any gas bomb. gas bomb! A fine story, indeed! Why there was only one young American killed in ..."

7. Catalogue of Photographs and Stereopticon Slides (1918)
"A poisonous gas-bomb attack during a night maneuver at Camp ... A poisonous gas.bomb attack during a night maneuver at Camp ..."

8. Gas Warfare by Edward Samuel Farrow (1920)
"This is similar to the heavy smoke bomb in general construction and takes the same fuses. It weighs 22 pounds and contains 7 pounds of thermit. gas bomb. ..."

9. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"gas bomb.—In trench warfare, a bomb containing a bursting charge of high explosive and poisonous gas. Upon explosion the gas is liberated. Gas-check. ..."

10. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"It might be said here that the aviation gas bomb will be highly efficient, inasmuch as it has to be only strong enough to withstand the low pressure of the ..."

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