mortar round
Tube-launched explosive bomb
A mortar round is a projectile fired from a mortar—a short-barreled weapon that lobs shells in a high arc.
The round typically consists of a finned body containing explosives, designed to drop onto targets from above rather than travel in a flat trajectory: Mortar rounds fell on the compound throughout the night.
- shellHard outer covering
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- high explosiveRapidly detonating destructive substance
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
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- projectilesbullet, bullets, arrow, rocket, rockets
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- Explosionsexplosion, blast, detonation, boom, bang
- mortars
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ICBM · cruise missile · artillery shell · long-range missile · ballistic missile
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Sudden bright burst
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