depth charge

English

Noun

depth charge (plural depth charges)

1. A form of bomb that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.
   • 2014 October 25, Jeff Gordinier, “In search of the perfect taco”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine (international edition)‎^[1], page 100:

     The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice.

Translations

bomb designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater

• Finnish: syvyyspommi (fi)
• German: Wasserbombe (de) f
• Irish: lánán doimhneachta m
• Japanese: 爆雷 (ja) (ばくらい, bakurai)
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• Portuguese: carga de profundidade f, bomba de profundidade f
• Russian: глуби́нная бо́мба (ru) f (glubínnaja bómba)
• Serbo-Croatian: дубинска бомба f
• Swedish: sjunkbomb (sv) c