depth charge
noun
: an antisubmarine weapon that consists essentially of a drum filled with explosives which is dropped near a target and descends to a predetermined depth where it explodes
called also depth bomb
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Rookie running back Ollie Gordon II will get a chance after moving the depth charge following the season-ending neck injury to Alexander Mattison.
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Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
One Soviet submarine commander sent out into the Atlantic wrongly thought himself under depth charge attack and had to be persuaded not to fire his nuclear payload before getting hit.
—Marc Champion, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
In need of a depth charge With approximately three minutes left in the second period and Dallas down by a goal, Matt Duchene got the puck in space in the left circle and flung a seam pass to Tyler Seguin, all alone in the right circle.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Behind the feigned admiration lurks a depth charge of judgement or criticism.
—John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
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Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
One Soviet submarine commander sent out into the Atlantic wrongly thought himself under depth charge attack and had to be persuaded not to fire his nuclear payload before getting hit.
—Marc Champion, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
In need of a depth charge With approximately three minutes left in the second period and Dallas down by a goal, Matt Duchene got the puck in space in the left circle and flung a seam pass to Tyler Seguin, all alone in the right circle.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Behind the feigned admiration lurks a depth charge of judgement or criticism.
—John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Depth charge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depth%20charge. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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