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buzz bomb
noun
Military.
- a type of self-steering aerial bomb, launched from large land-based rocket platforms: used by the Germans in World War II, especially over England.
buzz bomb
noun
- another name for the V-1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of buzz bomb1
First recorded in 1940–45
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of buzz bomb1
C20: from the sound of its engine
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Doak is still a teenager and hasn’t played a competitive game since last December, but he was a buzz bomb on the right.
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Mrs. Ellis once had to take evasive action to avoid a deadly Nazi flying bomb known as a “doodlebug” or “buzz bomb” because of its noise.
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These jet-propelled, sub-sonic unmanned airplanes are descendants of the German V-1 buzz bomb.
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These jet-propelled, subsonic unmanned airplanes are descendants of the German V-1 buzz bomb.
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The distinctive buzzing sound of its engine led the weapon being nicknamed the buzz bomb and doodlebug.
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