robomb

English

Etymology

Blend of robot +‎ bomb

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊbɒm/

Noun

robomb (plural robombs)

  1. (dated) A guided missile.
    • 1944, United States. President, Report to Congress on Lend-lease Operations, page 40:
      […] to provide 30,000 temporary emergency houses for war workers in war production areas in England. These will help replace some of the 500,000 houses estimated to have been completely destroyed by the Luftwaffe and robombs.
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