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音響爆弾
おんきょうばくだん
1. [n]
▶ screamer bomb
▶ sound bomb



History:
3. A 2022-12-21 22:43:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, Eijiro
  Comments:
I've proposed an entry for 音響兵器.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<gloss>screamer bomb</gloss>
2. A* 2022-12-20 17:36:48  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────╮
│ 音響兵器 │ 872 │ 🡠 daijr/s, gg5, wikipedia
│ 音響爆弾 │ 612 │ 🡠 only gg5
╰─ーーーー─┴─────╯

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weapon
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/音響兵器
  Comments:
It's not clear to me what a "sound bomb" is. A web search brings up different types of motorcycle horns.

Maybe this should be an entry for 音響兵器 (sonic weapon; ultrasonic weapon; acoustic weapon). I see a lot of recent tweets containing *兵器, but very few for *爆弾.
1. A* 2022-12-20 15:53:43  Alex Lasto <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
研究社 新和英大辞典 第5版

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