How to Use bomblet in a Sentence

bomblet

noun
  • In the past, each rocket could leave up to 26 dud bomblets on the ground.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023
  • Cluster munitions are weapons that break apart and spread smaller bomblets over a large area.
    — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
  • One is a pure high-explosive version while the other can strew smaller bomblets across a wider area.
    — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Cluster bomb casings that once held hundreds of bomblets have become fence panels or planters for green onions.
    — Tom Taylor, SI.com, 16 June 2017
  • In the 1990s, attention was first drawn to the high dud rate of cluster bomblets.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023
  • Unfortunately many of the bomblets in such weapons later went on to kill and maim civilians.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Feb. 2019
  • But why would a space bomber carry all those gravity bomblets in zero gravity?
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2017
  • In some cases, some bomblets do not detonate on impact and can explode later.
    — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • Dud bomblets, however, are small and can quickly become difficult to spot on the ground.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023
  • The warheads burst open at high altitudes, scattering dozens of smaller bomblets across a wide area.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The warheads burst open at high altitudes, scattering dozens of smaller bomblets across a wide area.
    — Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The munitions can leave behind unexploded bomblets that can do harm for decades.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 2 July 2023
  • When the mother bomb opens, its bomblets are sprayed in all directions, tearing apart whatever is in their paths.
    — Clyde Haberman, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2016
  • The weapons are banned by much of the world because unexploded bomblets can pose risks to civilians years after the weapon is fired.
    — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • One of the photos shows an unexploded bomblet about the size of a soda bottle on the ground near the front entrance.
    — Michael Biesecker, Erika Kinetz, Beatrice Dupuy, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Still, one bomblet killed two people on the outskirts of Tel Aviv last week and many others have been injured.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The bomblets then explode into metal fragments that can tear off limbs and inflict fatal injuries.
    — John Hudson and Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Margaret, a short time ago, a bomblet from one of those cluster munitions landed in that building behind me.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The clusters would separate during their descent and small parachutes would carry each bomblet to the ground.
    — Brad Lendon and Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 7 Mar. 2020
  • The bombs or rockets release their payloads above a target, showering the area below with bomblets.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Feb. 2019
  • The weapons, banned by more than 100 countries, can leave unexploded bomblets that can kill or maim civilians.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • When used, the bomblets are dispersed over a large area and are intended to wreak destruction on multiple targets at once.
    — Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The mini-bombs in cluster munition are known as submunitions, bomblets, or grenades.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
  • The weapons pack such bomblets into rockets, bombs, missiles and artillery shells that break apart midair and scatter the munitions over a large area.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 6 July 2023
  • Cluster munitions explode in the air over a target, dispersing smaller bomblets across a wide area.
    — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • Israeli media said cluster munitions, which explode mid-air and scatter bomblets across a wide area, were used in the attack.
    — CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Inside are small bomblets that disperse across a large area on a battlefield, causing widespread destruction.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 1 July 2023
  • Cluster munitions include dozens of bomblets inside a larger artillery shell.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2023
  • Cluster bombs explode in the air over a target, releasing dozens to hundreds of bomblets across an area as wide as several football fields.
    — John Hudson and Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • About 130 square miles of the country are thought to be contaminated with these baseball-sized bomblets, dropped by the hundreds.
    — Karen J. Coates, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2017

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