depth bomb
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With easy, informal Rooseveltian technique, Mr. Davis dropped his naval depth bomb at a luncheon tendered him by U. S. correspondents.
From Time Magazine Archive
The depth bomb was dropped, said Colonel Knox, just as a warning.
From Time Magazine Archive
The destroyer did drop one depth bomb, and the vibrations thereupon ceased.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again a column of water rose astern, but this time there was only the normal explosion of the depth bomb.
From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
When the destroyer arrives over the submarine, it drops a depth bomb, which is arranged to explode after it has sunk to any desired depth in the water.
From A School History of the Great War by Gerson, Armand Jacques
