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.
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The depth bomb was dropped, said Colonel Knox, just as a warning.
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The destroyer did drop one depth bomb, and the vibrations thereupon ceased.
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Aft two men stood by the depth bomb apparatus.
From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
"Might as well wish for a depth bomb," Ross began and then stopped.
From Key Out of Time by Norton, Andre